"El maestro de danzar" de Calderón de la Barca : edición críticaedición crítica

Abstract

The dramatic work of Calderón de la Barca, a pillar, together with Lope de Vega, of the theatrical production during the 17th century, has so far not been studied extensively enough. Many of his comedies, such as El maestro de danzar, have barely received any attention from the critics, nor has there been an in-depth study to situate them in the Calderonian universe.This research pursues that goal focusing on this lesser-known comedy; its aim is to offer a critical edition of it. More specifically, it intends to establish a reliable critical text, as well as a contextualization, interpretation, and analysis of its theatrical features.The study is based on the printed editions of the seventeenth century and later editions in order to establish a text that is as close as possible to what the author must have originally written. However, in accordance with the use of modern Spanish, we have updated some graphic, orthographic, and grammatical aspects, following the usual guidelines of aurisecular edition, which are specified at the beginning of this work.The research began with the edition and annotation of the text, to later focus on the introductory study which deals with the relevant aspects of the comedy: characters, space, time, metrics, date of composition, editions... Other aspects pertinent to this “cloak and dagger” theatrical work are also studied: the comparison with another comedy of the same title by Lope de Vega, the comparative study with Dar tiempo al tiempo by Calderón himself, and the analysis of the two other arts present in the comedy: music and dance...