The subgenre of secretary comedy in the Spanish Golden Age theatre centres on plays that explore the romantic conflict tied to the issue of social inequality—whether real or apparent—between a noblewoman and her secretary, as well as the consequences arising from this dilemma. Based on the close structural connection shared by El perro del hortelano by Lope de Vega, El vergonzoso en palacio and El castigo del penseque by Tirso de Molina, this study aims to examine the presence of these three comedies in the dramatic repertoire of Teodoro Ameyden, Giacinto Andrea Cicognini, Arcangelo Spagna, and Giovan Battista Pasca. These Spanish works are sometimes re-adapted in Italian texts, giving rise to phenomena of narrative combination and interweaving.
Roma Tre University, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-9782-4027
Titolo del capitolo
La comedia de secretario de Lope y Tirso en la escena italiana del XVII: refundiciones, combinaciones y engarces
Autori
Ilaria Resta
Lingua
Spanish
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0857-4.08
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
La recepción del teatro clásico español en Europa (siglos XVII-XVIII)
Curatori
Fausta Antonucci, Salomé Vuelta García
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
300
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Copyright
© 2026 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0857-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0856-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0857-4
Collana
Moderna/Comparata
ISSN della collana
2704-5641
e-ISSN della collana
2704-565X