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Los Corrales de Comedias y los Hospitales de Madrid: 1574-1615: Estudio y documentos (Fuentes para la historia del Teatro en España) (Vol 1) (Fuentes para la historia del Teatro en España)
Los Corrales de Comedias y los Hospitales de Madrid 15741615 Estudio y documentos - Fuentes para la historia del Teatro en España - Vol 1 - Fuentes para la historia del Teatro en España Author:Charles Davis This is the first part of a two-volume edition of the surviving theatrical documents from the archives of the old Madrid hospitals, founders of the capital's playhouses. This book covers the first four decades of the corrales, a key period inwhich the hospitals still administered their theatres directly (and which therefore hardly figures in the... more » municipal documentation published in previous volumes). It includes the original sale contracts of the theatres, from 1579-1582, and the account books for 1579-1587, and indispensable source of information on the acting companies, the construction of the theatres and the early stages of the theatre business in Madrid. The introduction contains a database analysis of the account books, illustrated with graphs and tables, and the volume includes calendars of performances and an index of names and places.« less