Lope De Vega, the Spanish History Play, and Me
by
Elaine McDermott Bunn
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635), poet/playwright of unrivaled popularity during Spains Golden Age of literature (including Miguel de Cervantes and Caldern de la Barca), rescued theater from ineffective conventions and claimed authorship of some 1800 titles. Many of the almost 500 existing plays are stagings...