Spanish Drama on the Dutch Stage

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-90-04-74986-3
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill Bv

Buch, Englisch, Band 79, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 785 g

Reihe: Foro Hispánico

Between 1568 and 1648, the Dutch waged war against the occupying Spanish Empire. Simultaneously, Dutch theatre-goers eagerly flocked to adaptations of Spanish comedia nueva. This study shows how and why plays by Lope de Vega, Calderón, and others were, paradoxically, theatrical blockbusters in the Dutch Republic and Flanders. Using techniques such as spectacle, illusion, and tableaux vivants alongside violence, incest, and cross-dressing, the comedias were emotional whirlwinds of love, honour, and revenge. Examining historical texts and stage practices from Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Brussels, Tim Vergeer demonstrates that this vastly understudied genre offered audiences a voyeuristic escape from the emotional norms of early modern life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vergeer, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Vergeer, PhD is a scholar of historical literature, and particularly early modern Dutch and Spanish theatre. His expertise includes onstage emotions, colonial identities in drama, and Queer readings of plays. He also publishes widely on early modern theatrical practices.