Act 3, scene 5 of the play as performed by the company of the Teatro Español, circa 1901, featuring Fernando Díaz de Mendoza as the King and María Guerrero as the Queen

The Madness of Love (Spanish: La locura de amor) is a 1855 historical drama play written by Manuel Tamayo y Baus.

Tracking the plight of Queen Joanna of Castile, the play consists of 5 acts set in 1506 in Castile; specifically in Tudela de Duero (Act 1), in an inn near Tudela (Act 2) and in the Palace of the Constables of Castile in Burgos (last three acts).[1] The play premiered at the Teatro del Príncipe on 12 January 1855.[2] It proved to be a commercial and international success.[3] A very influential 19th-century work, it has been adapted to film several times.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Vargas Dávila-Machuca, Miguel (2019). "Las pasiones de Juana la Loca en el cine español: desde la Historia y el Teatro a las adaptaciones, readaptaciones y remakes compuestos" [The passions of Joanna the Mad in Spanish cinema: from history and theatre to adaptations, re-adaptations and mixed remakes]. Trasvases Entre la Literatura y el Cine. UMA Editorial. 1: 106. doi:10.24310/Trasvasestlc.v1i0.6435. ISSN 2695-639X. S2CID 226813997.
  2. ↑ González González, Luis Mariano (2009). Fascismo, kitsch y cine histórico español, 1939-1953. Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 136. ISBN 978-84-8427-650-0.
  3. ↑ North 2018, p. 197.
  4. ↑ North, Janice (2018). "From Mad Love to Mad Lust: The Dangers of Female Desire in Twenty-First Century Representations of Juana I of Castile in Film and Television". In North, Janice; Alvestad, Karl C.; Woodacre, Elena (eds.). Premodern Rulers and Postmodern Viewers: Gender, Sex, and Power in Popular Culture. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 197. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68771-1_10. ISBN 978-3-319-68770-4.
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