Marmosets, Raree shows and Pulcinelle: an Analysis and Edition of a Hitherto-Unpublished Carnival Play by Antonio de Zamora
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https://doi.org/10.13035/H.2013.01.01.15Abstract
This paper is an analyisis, annotation and edition of the Mojiganga del mundinovo (‘The raree show, a carnival play’) by Antonio de Zamora. The play was performed in 1698 Madrid by the troupe of Carlos Vallejo, along with the sacramental one-act play El templo vivo de Dios (‘The living temple of God’). The hitherto unpublished text is based on the only two extant manuscripts, located in archives in Madrid. Despite the play’s title, my analysis argues that the novelty in this play is not so much the raree show, a contraption popularized four decades earlier in Golden Age theater, as the marmosets. The death of two marmosets and the ensuing desolation of their owner, Ms. Estupenda, both trigger the play and provide it with a plot. The marmosets, too, point to a changing mentality in late 17th-century society, regarding the possession among ladies of marmosets and other monkeys as pets.Downloads
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2013-05-06
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Teatro del Siglo de Oro
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Hipogrifo (ISSN: 2328-1308) es una revista bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Unported.