Two Alleged Calderón-Moreto Collaborations

Both Calderón and Moreto were involved in collaboration plays: the former in about fourteen, the latter perhaps in twenty. Uncertain attribution of such plays has been a problem for both writers, but particularly for Moreto. This article examines two plays, La adúltera penitente and La fingida Arcad...

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Published in:Bulletin of Spanish studies (2002) 2015-11, Vol.92 (8-10), p.311-331
Main Author: Cruickshank, Don W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agustín Moreto
Antonio Coello
collaboration plays
La adúltera penitente
La fingida Arcadia
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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Summary:Both Calderón and Moreto were involved in collaboration plays: the former in about fourteen, the latter perhaps in twenty. Uncertain attribution of such plays has been a problem for both writers, but particularly for Moreto. This article examines two plays, La adúltera penitente and La fingida Arcadia. The first has been attributed to Cáncer, Moreto and Matos, and, more recently, to Calderón, Moreto and Matos. The second has been attributed to Moreto alone, to Antonio Coello alone, and to Moreto, Fulano and Calderón; one scholar has said that Act I, not Act III, is Calderón's. Evidence from Act I of La adúltera indicates that Calderón did not write it, although Matos, the supposed author of Act III, may have done. As for La fingida Arcadia, the suelta with the attribution to Coello is shown to be much earlier than was supposed; there is strong evidence that Calderón was involved in Acts I and III, and that he did not write Act II, which needs further investigation.
ISSN:1475-3820
1478-3428
DOI:10.1080/14753820.2015.1106187