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SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SPANISH GOLDEN AGE THEATRE Edited by Erin Alice Cowling, Tania de Miguel Magro, Mina García Jordán, and Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas This collection of original new essays focuses on the many ways in which early modern Spanish plays engaged their audiences in a dia- logue about abuse, injustice, and inequality. Far from the traditional monolithic view of theatrical works as tools for expanding ideology, these essays each recognize the power of theatre in reflecting on issues related to social justice. The first section of the book focuses on textual analysis, taking into account legal, feminist, and collective bargaining theory. The second section explores issues surrounding theatricality, performativity, and intellectual property laws through an analysis of contemporary adaptations. The final section reflects on social justice from the practitioners’ point of view, including actors and directors. Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre reveals how adaptations of classical theatre portray social justice and how throughout history the writing and staging of comedias has been at the service of a wide range of political agendas. erin alice cowling is an assistant professor of Spanish at MacEwan University. tania de miguel magro is an associate professor of Spanish at West Virginia University. mina garcía jordán is an associate professor of Spanish at Elon University. glenda y. nieto-cuebas is an associate professor of Modern Foreign Languages at Ohio Wesleyan University. Social Justice in Spanish Golden Age Theatre EDITED BY ERIN ALICE COWLING, TANIA DE MIGUEL MAGRO, MINA GARCÍA JORDÁN, AND GLENDA Y. NIETO-CUEBAS UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London © University of Toronto Press 2021 Toronto Buffalo London utorontopress.com Printed in the U.S.A. ISBN 978-1-4875-0765-7 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-4875-3668-8 (ePUB) ISBN 978-1-4875-2528-6 (paper) ISBN 978-1-4875-3667-1 (PDF) Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Social justice in Spanish Golden Age theatre / edited by Erin Alice Cowling, Tania de Miguel Magro, Mina García Jordán, and Glenda Y. Nieto-Cuebas. Names: Cowling, Erin Alice, editor. | Miguel Magro, Tania de, editor. | García Jordán, Mina, 1972– editor. | Nieto Cuebas, Glenda Yael, 1975– editor. Series: Toronto Iberic ; 54. Description: Series statement: Toronto Iberic series ; 54 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200279963 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200280155 | ISBN 9781487507657 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781487525286 (softcover) | ISBN 9781487536688 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781487536671 (PDF) Subjects: LCSH: Social justice in literature. | LCSH: Social history in literature. | LCSH: Spanish drama – Classical period, 1500–1700 – History and criticism. Classification: LCC PQ6105 .S63 2020 | DDC 862/.3093552–dc23 University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. Contents List of Photos ix Foreword: Theatre for Justice xi fernando villa proal Acknowledgments xv Introduction 3 erin alice cowling, tania de miguel magro, mina garcía jordán, and glenda y. nieto-cuebas Part One: Readings of Comedias 1 The Poetics of Tragedy and Justice in Vélez de Guevara’s La serrana de la Vera 15 harrison meadows 2 Utopian Divorce: El descasamentero by Salas Barbadillo 34 tania de miguel magro 3 The Voice of the Voiceless: Towards Equality and Social Justice in Sor Juana’s El divino Narciso 53 francisco lópez-martín 4 Staging Strikes, Depicting Merchants, and the Morisco Problem in Valencia 68 melissa figueroa 5 Notes on an Ethics of Theatricality in Cervantes: El gallardo español and La Numancia 82 moisés r.castillo vi Contents 6 Using Shame and Guilt to Impose Social Injustice in Ana Caro’s El Conde Partinuplés 98 jaclyn cohen-steinberg Part Two: Adaptations 7 A Social Justice Framing of the Comedia: EFE TRES Teatro’s El príncipe ynocente Adaptation 119 erin alice cowling 8 Systemic Oppression in Morfeo Teatro’s Adaptation and Production of El coloquio de los perros 137 glenda y. nieto-cuebas 9 El Trato de Argel and the Immigrant Crisis 157 mina garcía jordán 10 Chirinos and Chanfalla Go to America: Social Justice in Adaptations of El retablo de las maravillas 175 charles patterson 11 Social Networks, Social Justice, and the People’s Right to the Golden Age Canon: The SGAE or the Comedia Villain of the Digital Age? 191 elena garcía martín Part Three: Interviews 12 Ben Gunter (dramaturg and director), Theater with a Mission, Tallahassee, Florida 211 13 Harley Erdman (university professor, director, adapter, and translator of early modern theatre) and Gina Kaufmann (university professor, director), University of Massachussetts, Amherst 217 14 Sandra Arpa and Paula Rodríguez (founders, actors, and directors), Teatro Inverso, Spain 223 15 Fernando Villa Proal and Allan Flores (founders and directors), EFE TRES Teatro, Mexico City 227 Contents vii 16 Ian Borden (associate professor of theatre studies), Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, University of Nebraska 232 17 Natalia Menéndez (director, actor, dramaturg), former director of Almagro Festival, Spain 237 Bibliography 243 Contributors 261 Index 265 Photos Photo 7.1 Fernando Villa Proal and Fernando Memije of EFE TRES Teatro on stage during a presentation of El príncipe ynocente 125 Photo 8.1 Francisco Negro and Mayte Bona of Morfeo Teatro on stage during a production of El coloquio de los perros 146 Photo 8.2 Francisco Negro, Mayte Bona, and Felipe Santiago (centre) of Morfeo Teatro during a scene of El coloquio de los perros 148
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