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Agnes was a daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and his first wife, Christine of Saxony. She married Maurice, Duke (and later Elector) of Saxony, on 9 January 1541. From this marriage, she had two children: Anna of Saxony (23 December 1544 – 18 December 1577) and Albert (28 November 1545 – 12 April 1546).
“ ‘A Double Tongue within Your Mask’: Translating Shakespeare in/to Spanish-speaking Latin America.” Shakespeare and the Language of Translation. Ed. Hoenselaars, Ton. London: The Arden Shakespeare, 2004. 240–54.Google Scholar
The first published translation into Spanish of Shakespeare's Hamlet was by Ramón de la Cruz in 1772. It was a second-hand verse translation based on the 1769 French version by M. Ducis, who not knowing English, had used Pierre Antoine de la Place's English Theatre edition, and who only had translated the most important scenes or those he liked.
Hamlet in Spanish (1798) Luckily, and in spite of puzzling previous translation attempts, the value of Shakespeare’s stories was able to shine through the haze of time and mistranslation. After about a 30 year gap from the time Shakespeare was first introduced in Spain, he made a comeback in 1802 with Othello being staged 18 times in Madrid ...
Shakespeare had become increasingly popular everywhere in Spain in the second half of the 19th century, but as the first Spanish translations dated back to the late 18th century, there was a real need for collections of his best-known plays. It is not surprising then to find three major editions of Shakespeare’s plays in a short time-span.
Agnes was a daughter of Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572-1632) from his second marriage to Juliane of Nassau-Siegen (1587-1643), the daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen. She was raised together with her siblings. She spoke six languages and composed music. On 18 May 1623 she married Prince John Casimir of Anhalt-Dessau (1596-1660 ...
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Sep 25, 2020 · September 25, 2020. This book, printed in 1634, contains what may be the first Shakespeare play to reach Spain. John Stone. A literary historian in Spain has found a rare 1634 edition of one...
