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
Chapter Title
La comedia de secretario de Lope y Tirso en la escena italiana del XVII: refundiciones, combinaciones y engarces
Authors
Ilaria Resta
Language
Spanish
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0857-4.08
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Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
La recepción del teatro clásico español en Europa (siglos XVII-XVIII)
Editors
Fausta Antonucci, Salomé Vuelta García
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
300
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
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
Series Title
Moderna/Comparata
Series ISSN
2704-5641
Series E-ISSN
2704-565X