Literature of the world : an introductory study . LOPE DE VEGA. 190 LITERATURE OF THE WORLD From first to last the play is full of interest, and the closing dialoguebetween the lovers is pathetic and moving.^ Lope de Vega exercised a profound influence upon the dramain Spain and elsewhere. Before he died there were, it is said,seventy-six dramatic writers in Castile alone. Plays were or-dinarily presented bystrolling players in inncourtyards. The stagewas a covered platformat one end of the were few, andthere was no were provided onthe stage and in therooms fronti
Literature of the world : an introductory study . LOPE DE VEGA. 190 LITERATURE OF THE WORLD From first to last the play is full of interest, and the closing dialoguebetween the lovers is pathetic and moving.^ Lope de Vega exercised a profound influence upon the dramain Spain and elsewhere. Before he died there were, it is said,seventy-six dramatic writers in Castile alone. Plays were or-dinarily presented bystrolling players in inncourtyards. The stagewas a covered platformat one end of the were few, andthere was no were provided onthe stage and in therooms fronting on thecourtyard. The morecommon sort of specta-tor stood in the the outset the authoror chief actor addressedhis audience; then fol-lowed a dance or actedballad, then the mainplay in three acts, andat the close a farce toround out the (1600-1681) was bom in Madrid, like his predecessorLope de Vega. Though he served as a soldier for a brief period, hislife was mostly devoted to literature and theatrical production. Hewas orda
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