Spain

Question 1

Colonialism and theatre

Answer 1

cultural and physical violence, surveilance

Question 2

Secular drama

Answer 2

LOVE & Honour

Honour - for a wife to cheat is VERY dishonourable
NOT COMEDIC

FORMS
- Ancient Greek and Roman
- travelling street theatre
- PERMANENT THEATRE BUILDINGS (Corales) & Troupes (8-12 people)

Question 3

Religious drama

Answer 3

morality

Question 4

Professionalization of acting

Answer 4

actors made decent money (6000/year)
Playwrights (500/play) (They would need to write a fuck ton)
Maybe this is why the quality of writing so good

Question 5

Comedia

Answer 5

ANY FULL-LENGTH SECULAR PLAYS

subtypes:
- cape and sword
- myth
- machine
- pastoral
- corpse (Reviving historical figures)

Question 6

Women

Answer 6

At first, were prohibited from secular drama
(They were allowed for religious dramas)

• Young boys used to represent women

1857 allowed
1596 Banned
1599 allowed if “related”

Why relevant?
- concerns with crossdressing
- female playwrights active but not performed during their lifetime

Question 7

Theatre Space

Answer 7

Corrales (hold 1000 -2000)
pre-existing structures, made into courtyards… hey look, a theatree

Question 8

Confraternities

Answer 8

raise money for charity
- turn houses into theatres
- Eventually handed over to city officials who issued licenses

Question 9

Alojero

Answer 9

buy food and drink (to throw at stage)

Question 10

Play structure

Answer 10

• dance & music
• Loa (prologue)
• interlude (entremise)
• comedia
• dance/interlude

Question 11

Cazuela

Answer 11

where unaccompanied women stay
- often a screen in front with guards

Question 12

Aposento

Answer 12

women and men who are “related” sat together in boxed seating after proving they are “related”

Question 13

Lope De Vega

Answer 13

Phoenix of Wits/Monster of Nature
- wrote so many plays (500-1000)
- full of honour, love, action and events, happy ending
- complex characters
- combine tragedy and comedy
- Three-act structure (beginning, middle, end)
- Peasants use poetic verse not just nobles
- departs from the classical tradition