La dama duende: Re-creation of Spanish Golden Age Theatre

Authors

Jason Yancey, Brigham Young University
Dr. Dale Pratt, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Spanish Golden Age, theatre, La dama duende, Pedro Calderón de la Barca

College

Humanities

Department

Spanish and Portuguese

Abstract

During the 16th and 17th centuries, Spain experienced a literary explosion of unequalled comparison. Dozens of authors lent their pens to create some of the most brilliant and influential works of all time, such as Cervantes’ Don Quijote de la Mancha, or characters such as Tirso de Molina’s widely popular don Juan from El burlador de Sevilla. This era of greatness, known as the Spanish Golden Age, was perhaps most renowned for its quantity and quality of theatre works. Sadly, these magnificent plays are rarely performed on a modern stage. Our objective for this project was not only to revive a Spanish Golden Age play, La dama duende, by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, in Spanish but also to re-create the 17th century corral, or theatre house, as a framework for viewing the piece. Our hopes were that this unique approach would be both highly entertaining and singularly educational for everyone involved.

Recommended Citation

Yancey, Jason and Pratt, Dr. Dale (2014) "La dama duende: Re-creation of Spanish Golden Age Theatre," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 701.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/701