Black Protagonists of Early Modern Spain: Three Key Plays in Translation

** Awarded the MLA’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione prize for a translation of a literary work (December 2024) **

The prize committee’s citation: "In the three Spanish comedias included in Black Protagonists of Early Modern Spain, which appear together and in English for the first time, the seemingly rigid social hierarchies that form the setting of so many comedias are put to the test when three talented Black men break through the racial barriers. Michael Kidd’s selection of plays will appeal t...