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These are probably the only editions of the play with which Ticknor was familiar when he made his classification of it, for certainly he could not reconcile it with his definition of "comedies on common life," but he could easily accord it with his definition of "comedias de capa y espada."
The vast number of the works of Lope de Vega renders the task of selecting one of them as an appropriate text for publication very difficult, and it is only after having examined a large number of the works of the great poet that the editor has chosen La Moza de Cántaro, not only because it is one of the author's most interesting comedies, but also because it stands forth prominently in the field in which he is preëminent the interpretation of Spanish life and character.
Hace probable la existencia de un antiguo y estable teatro en esta ciudad la circunstancia de que, según consta de datos antiguos y fidedignos, la calle que hoy se llama de la Tertulia, llevaba en 1566 el nombre de Carrer de les Comedies, aunque la indicación hecha por Jovellanos, de que ya en el año de 1526, había en Valencia un teatro dependiente de un hospital, no ha sido confirmada.
To his plays Lope de Vega has given the general name of comedias, which should not be confused with the word "comedies," for the two are not synonymous. They are divided into three acts or jornadas of somewhat variable length and admit of numerous classifications.
Without seeking further we may well recall the place they have in the works of both Plautus and Terence. The early Italian comedies inherit this character from the Latins, and it appears in most of the plays of Ariosto, Machiavelli, and Aretino.
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