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The Golden Age of Spanish Theater
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Golden Age of Spanish Theater
A period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise and decline of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty.
Lope de Vega
A prolific Spanish playwright and poet who renewed the Spanish theatre and established the comedia nueva ('new comedy') as a popular genre.
Miguel de Cervantes
Author of the acclaimed novel 'Don Quixote' and a significant Spanish dramatist who contributed to the Golden Age with plays like 'La Numancia'.
Tirso de Molina
A Spanish baroque dramatist, poet and a Roman Catholic monk who is best known for creating the character 'Don Juan' in 'El Burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
A dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age known for plays such as 'Life Is a Dream' and for his sophisticated use of allegory and metaphor.
Comedia nueva
A new form of play introduced by Lope de Vega, characterized by the mixture of tragedy and comedy and the disregard of the classical unities.
Corrales de comedias
Open-air theaters where most of the Golden Age plays were performed, often related to the courtyards of inns or the enclosed spaces of market squares.
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