Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 1984

Abstract

Calderón's comedias de tramoyas present special problems to a modern producer attempting an authentic stage presentation. This article discusses possible answers to questions relating to staging (the theater itself, sets, the length of the performance, funding, etc.), direction, special effects, costumes, hairstyles, and text (cuts, versions, the use of loas and entremeses, etc.). In addition, court plays also require decisions about the music—tessitura, pitch, instrumentation, and orchestration—most of which must rely on conjecture rather than on concrete knowledge of the original. For each problem, it quickly becomes apparent that absolute authenticity is quite impossible. Stated generally, one must simply decide how much and in which ways one is willing to compromise.

Identifier

10.1353/boc.1984.0016

Publisher

University of Georgia

Publication Information

Bulletin of the Comediantes

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