Algunas calas en la comedia de ambientación urbana de Lope de Vega y su relación con el público femenino noble

Abstract

Urban plays establish a mechanism of dramatic production-reception, in which the women’s dimension stands out in a very special way, since Lope de Vega creates really effective and intriguing game of dramatic mirrors between the main female characters and the female audience, who, in some cases, coincide. Nevertheless, even when both actresses and spectators did not coincide, the eminent women, at whom the plays were aimed, represented the main audience of this type of drama. This is the reason why why domestic plays could be considered as a sort of feminine genealogical drama.

Keywords

• Lope de Vega
• urban plays
• cortesanización of the domestic plays
• ladies vs actresses
• female horizon of expectation