A remarkable piece from 16th century playwright Lope de Vega, centring on the sadomasochistic relationship of the capricious Diana and her twotiming secretary, Teodoro. This terrifyingly pragmatic play is also very funny, with the loudest laughs of the night supplied by Simon Trinder's conniving servant, Tristan (above) - he's transcendently ugly: a malignant piglet with a contagious, snaggletoothed smile, and the undisputed star of the RSC's Spanish Golden Age season.