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»Y should tire mjselfe to reckon the names of all French, Roman, German, Spanish, Italian and English poets, being in number infinite, and their labours extant to approve their worthinesse. »Actors were supported by the Mantuans, Venetians, Valencians, and others: since, by the Palsgrave, the Landograve, the Dukes of Saxony, of Brunswicke, etc.
It would seem that, on leaving the University about 1582, he became Secretary to the Marqués de las Navas and that for four or five years he led in Madrid a dissolute life, writing verses and frequenting the society of actors and of other young degenerates like himself and enjoying the favor of a young woman, Elena Osorio, whom he addressed in numberless poems as "Filis" and whom he calls "Dorotea" in his dramatic romance of the same name.
Lope de Rueda's work was continued by the Valencian bookseller, Juan de Timoneda, and by his fellow actors, Alonso de la Vega and Alonso de Cisneros. In this interim there took place a struggle between the popular and classic schools. The former was defended by such authors as Juan de la Cueva and Cristóbal de Virués, while the latter was espoused by Gerónimo Bermúdez and others.
The ñaque, two players, who could perform entremeses and play one or two musical instruments. The gangarilla, group of three or four actors of whom one was a boy to play a woman's part. They usually played a farce or some other short play. The cambaleo was composed of five men and a woman and remained several days in each village.
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