Theatre in Spain, 1490-1700

This is the first book to examine the rise of Spain's extraordinary national theatre in the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries in all its aspects - the commercial theatre, the court drama and the Corpus autos, the organisation of theatrical life, the playhouses themselves and their public, the literary and moral controversies, and the plays as literary texts. The book has been written for students of drama as well as Hispanists: Spanish theatre is set in its national and international context, Spanish titles and theatrical terms are translated, and illustrations show how the plays were performed.Melveena McKendrick is the author of 'Theatre in Spain, 1490-1700', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521355926 and ISBN 0521355923.