The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the script, to produce the play, and to evaluate the production of Alejandro Casona's La dama del alba. The first chapter includes the following: (l) Research of the playwright's background, (2) research of the play's background, (3) character description and analysis, and (4) a discussion of the setting. The second chapter consists of the prompt book for the production, performed in the Cultural and Educational Center, Chatham, Virginia, on May 2 and 3, 1973. Types of notations included are: (1) movement, composition and picturization, (2) tempo, (3) stage business, and (4) sound and lights. Four production photographs are included. The third and concluding chapter is the director's critical evaluation of the production- Discussed in this chapter are: (1) achievement of interpretation for the production, (2) actor-director relationships during the rehearsal period, and (3) audience reaction to the production. A program, the letter of permission from the Sociedad General de Autores de Espãna, and the review comprise the Appendix
