Theatrical Voyeurism: Performing Rehearsal in the Spanish Comedia Nueva

[EN]In this article I will examine how rehearsal was embodied on the early modern Spanish stage: that is, how it appears as an element of performance within a number of Comedia nueva plays. More specifically, I will focus on how the rehearsal experience was brought to life for audiences in Spanish p...

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Autor: García-Reidy, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/150914
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/150914
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:early modern literature
Spanish literature
theater
rehearsal
metadrama
5506.13 Historia de la Literatura
6203.10 Teatro
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Sumario:[EN]In this article I will examine how rehearsal was embodied on the early modern Spanish stage: that is, how it appears as an element of performance within a number of Comedia nueva plays. More specifically, I will focus on how the rehearsal experience was brought to life for audiences in Spanish playhouses and what functions it performed within the play it was part of. In early modern Spain, rehearsals within plays were staged with different metatheatrical techniques, which allowed playwrights to present an image of what few spectators actually had the opportunity to see for themselves due to the private nature of professional rehearsals.