Chapter XVII: Lope De Vega, Continued

Dramas on Common Life 210
El Cuerdo en su Casa 211
La Donzella Teodor 212
Cautivos de Argel 214
Three Classes of Secular Plays 215
The Influence of the Church 216
Religious Plays 217
Plays founded on the Bible 217
El Nacimiento de Christo 218
Other such Plays 221
Comedias de Santos 223
Several such Plays 224
San Isidro de Madrid 225
Autos Sacramentales 226
Festival of the Corpus Christi 227
Number of Lope’s Autos 229
Their Form 230
Their Loas 230
Their Entremeses 231
The Autos themselves 232
Lope’s Secular Entremeses 234
Popular Tone of his Drama 236
His Eclogues 237