Excerpt from History of Spanish Literature
Theatre. - Influence Of The Church And The Inquisition. - Mysteries. - Castillejo, Oliva, Juan De Paris, And Others. - Popular Demands For Dramatic Literature. - Lope De Rueda. - His Life, Comedias, Coloquios, Pasos, And Dialogues In Verse. - His Character As Founder Of The Popular Drama In Spain. - Juan De Timoneda.
The theatre in Spain, as in most other countries of modern Europe, was early called to contend with formidable difficulties. Dramatic representations there, perhaps more than elsewhere, had been for centuries in the hands of the Church; and the Church was not willing to give them up, especially for such secular and irreligious purposes as we have seen were apparent in the plays of Naharro. The Inquisition, therefore, already arrogating to itself powers not granted by the state, but yielded by a sort of general consent, interfered betimes.
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