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Texts

Golden Age Texts

• El arte nuevo de hacer comedias en este tiempo, de Lope de Vega
• Como se debe oír una comedia, de Juan de Zabaleta (DÍA DE FIESTA POR LA TARDE)

Bibliographies

• A Bibliography of Spanish Drama in English Translation
• Bibliografía Selecta de Fuentes Básicas
• Listings of Comedias and Their Locations
• A Bibliography of Texts by Antonio Mira de Amescua and The Locations Where They Can Be Found
• Select Bibliography of Publications by AHCT members

Poetics and Literary Theory

• Rules for Scansion in Spanish, etc.
• Poetic Figures
• Grammar in the Comedia as an Aid to Reading.

Graphics

Miscellaneous ilustrations

• Title page of Manuscipt Ni callarlo ni decillo
• Illustration of "Papagayos"
• Cartel de teatro, 1619, Sevilla (Mercedes de los Reyes Peña, courtesy of J. Allen)
• Map of Old Madrid with corral locations (courtesy of J. Allen)
• Lope manuscript with set design sketch in margin (Pat Kenworthy, courtesy of J. Allen)
• Close up of Lope set design sketch with hypothetical reconstruction of lateral platform staging (courtesy of J. Allen)

Illustrations to accompany, Allen, John J.  "The World of the Comedia," Comedia Performance 2007 Spring; 4(1), pp. 15-34.

1. Corral de Almagro today
2. Corral de Almagro.  The Stage in 1953, as discovered
3. Corral de Almagro.  Actual Ground Plan (left) and Hildy Hypothetical Ground Plan
4. Corral de Almagro.  Hypothetical Original Vestuario Facade (Frank Hildy)
5. Corral del Príncipe.  Reconstruction with ground floor of fvacade building...
6. Teatro Español.  Madrid
7. Ground Plans of the Corral del Príncipe and the Teatro Español, Compared
8. Hypothetical staging of El gran teatro del mundo
9. Lope Staging of a Monte Compared with Allen Monte
10. Corral del Príncipe as Redesigned by Enrique Nuere (Museo del Teatro, Almagro)
11. Corral del Príncipe (Allen model [top] vs. Nuere model [below]).  Transverse Cut
12. Corral del Príncipe.  Nuere Model.  Angle View
13. Corral del Príncipe.  Nuere Model (interior).  Cf. patio and gradas in Image 5
14. Teatro Cervantes.  Facade, under soportales, on the Plaza de Cervantes
15. Teatro Cervantes.  Lobby.
16. Teatro Cervantes.  Patio and Stage before Restoration
17. Teatro Cervantes.  Windows Overlooking the Stage (lateral party wall, stage right)
18. Teatro Cervantes.  Two Spectators' Boxes with Access from Neighboring Houses (stage left)
19. Teatro Cervantes.  Restored Stage Showing Patio, Well, Gradas & Lateral Platforms
20. Teatro Cervantes.  Restored Stage with Projection Lateral Gradas beneath Elliptical Boxes
21. Teatro Cervantes.  Restored Vestuario Facade (balcon de las apariencias)
22. Teatro Cervantes.  Support Posts beneath Stage and Replica Wind Machine
23. Teatro Cervantes.  Original caxuela Design, Modeled on the Corral de la Cruz
24. Teatro Cervantes.  Patio and Two Floors of Galleries Seen from the STage
25. Teatro Cervantes.  Lateral Galleries, Stage Right
26. Teatro Cervantes.  Roof and Catwalks Seen from the Patio
27. Press Release, June 2004

Theaters of the Seventeenth-Century

• Illustrations of El Teatro del Príncipe and early street theaters
• Photos of the theater at Almagro as it appeared in the 1970's
• Corral de Comedias, Almagro prior to restoration (courtesy of J. Allen)
• Comparative floor plans of various corrales (courtesy of J. Allen)
• Almagro ground plan and Frank Hildy's hypothetical original (courtesy of J. Allen)
• Corral de Comedias, Almagro, today (courtesy of J. Allen)

House of Trials, directed by David Pasto at Oklahoma City University and El Chamizal

• Four photos of the productions

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Most recent update: 15 May 2007