by Gil Vicente · Orbis · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475302706
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«Teatro» is a selection of dramatic works by Gil Vicente, published by Orbis in 1983 in hardback (248 pages, in Spanish).
A selection of pieces by the founder of Portuguese theatre, bringing together religious and secular autos, farces and comedies. With humour and social criticism, Gil Vicente portrays the customs of his time through popular and courtly characters, maintaining a moralising intent typical of 16th-century theatre.
Volume 51 of the «Historia de la Literatura Española» collection. The selection includes both secular and religious theatre.
Recommended for readers interested in classical theatre and the origins of Portuguese dramatic literature.
Gil Vicente, called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays. Considered the chief dramatist of Portugal he is sometimes called the "Portuguese Plautus," often referred to as the "Father of Portuguese drama" and as one of Western literature's greatest playwrights. Also noted as a lyric poet, Vicente worked in Spanish as much as he worked in Portuguese and is thus, with Juan del Encina, considered joint-father of Spanish drama.
