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auto sacramental
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auto sacramental


(Spanish; “sacramental act” )

Spanish dramatic genre of short plays on sacred or biblical subjects. Performed outdoors as part of Corpus Christi feast-day celebrations, they were verse allegories dealing with some aspect of the mystery of the Holy Eucharist. The form first appeared in the 16th century and reached its height in plays by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, who covered a wide range of nonsacramental subjects. Their performance was prohibited by royal decree in 1765 on the ground of irreverence.
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He maintains that the Lopean comedia is a development of the juglares' art and often of the very historical-legendary ballads they performed, while the religious tropes usually identified as its origins developed instead into autos sacramentales.
Radical Theatricality: Jongleuresque Performance on the Early Spanish ... by Greer, Margaret R. / Renaissance Quarterly
3) But perhaps the most welcome development in Calderonian studies in recent years has been the focus on the playwright's autos sacramentales.
Drama in Golden-Age Spain: the state of the art by Pym, Richard / Shakespeare Studies
For those who tend to think of this period in terms of theocentric autos sacramentales and the ascetic lessons of desengano, Salazar's comedy points to another tradition, one characterized by a moderate anti-authoritarianism and an acceptance of a more relaxed lay morality.
El encanto es la hermosura y el hechizo sin hechizo. La segunda ... by Weber, Alison P. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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