Nicholas Round is Hughes Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield. His published and performed translations of Spanish and Portuguese theatre range from the 17th-century comedia to the 1950s.John Edmunds founded the Department of Theatre, Film, and Television Studies at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was Director from 1973 to 1985. Four of his translations of plays by Racine and Molière have been broadcast on BBC Radio Three. He performs in `spoken word' recital programmes.

• Blood Wedding ; Yerma ; The House of Bernada ; Dona Rosita the Spinster

His versions are accurate ... faithful ... fluent and idiomatic; they look like utterances of English ... Readers can be sure that the texts will not lead them astray, but they will also be grateful for the quite excellent introductory essay by Nick Round. This is a characteristically gritty display of erudition and common sense ... extremely well-prepared edition.

Nicholas Round is Hughes Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield. His published and performed translations of Spanish and Portuguese theatre range from the 17th-century comedia to the 1950s.John Edmunds founded the Department of Theatre, Film, and Television Studies at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was Director from 1973 to 1985. Four of his translations of plays by Racine and Molière have been broadcast on BBC Radio Three. He performs in `spoken word' recital programmes.

• Blood Wedding ; Yerma ; The House of Bernada ; Dona Rosita the Spinster

His versions are accurate ... faithful ... fluent and idiomatic; they look like utterances of English ... Readers can be sure that the texts will not lead them astray, but they will also be grateful for the quite excellent introductory essay by Nick Round. This is a characteristically gritty display of erudition and common sense ... extremely well-prepared edition.

Nicholas Round is Hughes Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield. His published and performed translations of Spanish and Portuguese theatre range from the 17th-century comedia to the 1950s.John Edmunds founded the Department of Theatre, Film, and Television Studies at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and was Director from 1973 to 1985. Four of his translations of plays by Racine and Molière have been broadcast on BBC Radio Three. He performs in `spoken word' recital programmes.

• Blood Wedding ; Yerma ; The House of Bernada ; Dona Rosita the Spinster

His versions are accurate ... faithful ... fluent and idiomatic; they look like utterances of English ... Readers can be sure that the texts will not lead them astray, but they will also be grateful for the quite excellent introductory essay by Nick Round. This is a characteristically gritty display of erudition and common sense ... extremely well-prepared edition.