Comedias Sueltas Database ID#

43178

Call Number

PQ6279.B4D53 [s.a.]a

Title Page

Comedia famosa. El diablo predicador. Y mayor contrario amigo. /

De un ingenio de la corte.

Variant Title(s)

Mayor contrario amigo

Caption Title

Comedia famosa

Imprint

[Salamanca] : Hallaràse esta Comedia, y otras diferentes en Salamanca, en la Imprenta de la Santa Cruz., [s.a.]

Language(s) of text

Spanish

Physical Description

36 pages ; 22 cm (4to)

Signatures

Signatures: A-D⁴ E².

General Notes

The first two lines are: "Ha del obscuro Reyno del espanto / estancia del dolor, mansion del llanto,". In the image, notice the abbbreviation used in the words "espanto" and "llanto".
Urzáiz Tortajada identifies Luis de Belmonte y Bermúdez as author.
There are several plays with this title: by Lope ("De entre lóbregas cavernas...", BNE, Mss/15084); by Francisco de Malaspina (Ha de ese centro oscuro!ʺ, Escogidas 14 (Madrid: Domingo García Morrás, 1661), in which it appears under its alternative title La fuerza de la verdad; and by un ingenio de esta corteʺ (ÆHa del oscuro reino del espanto!ʺ). The ingenio is usually reckoned to be Luis de Belmonte Bermúdez, and this is the commonest surviving version; there seem to be no early prints of the Lope play. Medel (1735) records both La fuerza de la verdad (p. 46) and El diablo predicador as by Malaspina (p. 32), and El diablo predicador as by Luis de Belmonte (p. 32). (Email communication from D. W. Cruickshank.)
Bookseller's advertisement in colophon.

Citation Reference

Urzáiz Tortajada, H. Catálogo de autores teatrales del siglo XVII, p. 161.

Source of acquisition

1347

Local Notes

Untrimmed.
HSA maroon buckram binding.

Subject/Genre/Themes

Spanish drama--Classical period, 1500-1700.

Genre/Form data

rbgenr--Booksellers' advertisements.
rbbin--NNH--Untrimmed edges.

Added Entries

Imprenta de la Santa Cruz (Salamanca, Spain) (printers)
Imprenta de la Santa Cruz (Salamanca, Spain) (distributor)