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The texts in English translation:

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro

Belshazzar's Feast (La cena del Rey Baltasar, translated by Denis Florence MacCarthy)
The Phantom Lady (La dama duende, translated by Matthew D. Stroud)
There Is No Trifling With Love (No hay burlas con el amor, translated by Vern G. Williamsen)

Mira de Amescua, Antonio

Gambler's House (La casa del tahur, translated by Vern G. Williamsen)

Ruiz de Alarcón, Juan

Translations of La verdad sospechosa

Love's True Lies (translated by Kenneth Stackhouse)
The Truth Can't Be Trusted (translated by Dakin Matthews)
The Walls Have Ears (Las paredes oyen, translated by Dakin Matthews)

Tirso de Molina (Gabriel Téllez)

The Balconies of Madrid (Los balcones de Madrid, translated by Kenneth Stackhouse)

Vega, Lope de

In Love But Discreet (La discreta enamorada, translated by Vern G. Williamsen)

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