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Any opposing irregularities in language or action may be explained by the period represented, for the time is that of the early years of the reign of the young monarch, Philip IV, a brilliant though corrupt epoch of Spanish history well worthy of a moment's notice.
The garnacha was a little larger than the cambaleo and could represent four plays and several autos and entremeses. The bojiganga represented as many as six comedias and a number of autos and entremeses, had some approach at regular costumes, and traveled on horseback. The farándula was composed of from ten to fifteen players, was well equipped and traveled with some ease.
Comparatively little has been written by him for the theatre, but he has always been a welcome contributor and when, during the year 1900, the Director of the Teatro Español asked him for a piece for the next season he seized the opportunity of advancing, in Electra, his liberal ideas. This drama was represented at Madrid, January 30, 1901, and made a deep impression on the Spanish people.
In enumerating the plays of Lope which were still well known and represented in Spain in the nineteenth century, Gil de Zárate names La Moza de Cántaro among the first, and doubtless on this authority Ticknor speaks of it as one of the plays of Lope which "have continued to be favorites down to our own times."
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