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Calderón de la Barca, a key figure in the theatre of the Spanish Golden Age. Spanish Golden Age theatre refers to theatre in Spain roughly between 1590 and 1681. [1] Spain emerged as a European power after it was unified by the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 and then claimed for Christianity at the Siege of Granada in 1492. [2]
The last known such courtyard theatre to be built in Spain, Corral de comedias de Almagro, in Almagro, Castile-La Mancha, is a purpose-built theater that dates to 1628. [4] This only functioning courtyard theater still standing, once one among the many, [ 5 ] annually celebrates the Festival Internacional de Teatro Clásico (International ...
El Portal Theater was designed by Lewis Arthur Smith in the Spanish Renaissance Revival style with a neon art deco marquee. [3] Built in 1926, it originally opened as a 1400-seat vaudeville theater, but soon after was converted to a movie palace, first for silent and then Academy Award-winning films. [1]
The Castro, a striking Spanish Renaissance-style theater, is one of the few movie palaces built during the Roaring '20s remaining in the Bay Area. Designed by local architect Timothy L. Pflueger ...
The Spanish Renaissance was a movement in Spain, emerging from the Italian Renaissance in Italy during the 14th century, that spread to Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries. [ 1 ] This new focus in art , literature , quotes and science inspired by the Greco-Roman tradition of Classical antiquity , received a major impulse from several ...
A loa is a short theatrical piece, a prologue, written to introduce plays of the Spanish Golden Age or Siglo de Oro during the 16th and 17th centuries. These plays included comedias (secular plays) and autos sacramentales (sacred/religious plays).
[81] [82] In turn, Spanish Golden Age theatre has dramatically influenced the theatre of later generations in Europe and throughout the world. Spanish drama had an immediate and significant impact on the contemporary developments in English Renaissance theatre. [66] It has also had a lasting impact on theatre throughout the Spanish speaking ...
Spanish Revival railroad station built in 1912; destroyed by fire in 1993 573: El Portal Theater: February 9, 1993: 5265-5271 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood: Spanish Renaissance Revival theater, office and retail building completed in 1926 586