Comedias Escanderbecas

This genuinely unique edition textually demonstrates the evolution of a single theatrical theme, the story of Albania's national hero, Georg Skanderbeg--a theme that was popular for some 30 years. Three of the plays are authentic works by Vélez de Guevara and two versions are anonymous adaptations of one of these. Besides the plays' intrinsic poetic and dramatic values, they provide new material for studying Spain's popular culture in the first half of the 17th century.