Characteristics of Baroque Theater Productions
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Baroque Theater: Features and Content
1) Works
Comedies
Local Poultry Comedies
- Attic
- Chambers
- Trap Door
- Scenario
- Yard Musketeers
- Stands
- Men Standing
- Casserole Women
2) Representation Details
Performance Schedule and Structure
- Start: At 2 or 3 PM (benefiting from increased hours of daylight).
- Duration: 4 or 5 hours.
- Order: Loa (representation), dance, 1st act, an appetizer, 2nd act, dance or appetizer, 3rd act, masquerade.
- Plays are performed once, and if successful, repeated all week.
3) Features
Structural and Stylistic Elements
- Division in 3 Acts: Representation, middle, and end.
- Predominance of Action: Building on the plot.
- Breaks the Rule of 3 Units (Classical Theater):
- Unit of Time: Classical theater used 1 day; Baroque works develop at multiple sites, lasting weeks and months, featuring primary and secondary action.
- Unit of Space: Classical theater used a single location.
- Unit of Action: Classical theater used a single action.
- Mixture of Tragic and Comic: Reflects what happens in real life.
- Verse Writing: The verse changes in relation to what is being narrated.
- Poetic Decorum: Adequacy of language to the characters involved.
- Lyrical Elements: Numerous songs of the traditional type are interspersed in the action.
4) Characters
Archetypes in Baroque Plays
- The Lady: Beautiful, discreet.
- El Galán: Brave, noble, faithful.
- Rival: Noble, abusing his potion.
- The Funny One (or Servant): Servant of the gallant, serving as a comic contrast.
- Gentleman (Father, Husband, Brother): Defends the social order.
- The King: Dispenses justice and restores broken order.
- Villain: Inhabitant of the village, model of honesty.
5) Themes
Dominant Subjects in Baroque Works
- Love Affair: Obstacles prevent lovers from securing the triumph of love.
- Historical: Inspired by history or legends.
- Religious: Works based on episodes from the Bible, alongside mystery plays.
- Honor and Honor: Honor is the factual basis, the mere echo of noble birth. Its expression is honor; others estimate one person's worth. Offenses to honor are only washed with blood.
- Comedies of Manners:
- "Swashbuckling" or "Entanglement": Love is the fundamental issue, involving jealousy and mistaken identity uninterruptedly.
- Rural Comedies: An idealized vision of the farmer and his environment.