El retablo de las maravillas

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El retablo de las maravillas is a short interlude (entremés) by Miguel de Cervantes that satirically exposes collective hypocrisy and social pretensions through a mock theatrical spectacle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entremés ⓘ
short play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
culturalContext Counter-Reformation Spain ⓘ
Old Christian versus converso tensions ⓘ
depicts collective hypocrisy ⓘ
fear of social exclusion ⓘ
power of suggestion ⓘ
social pretensions ⓘ
dramaticTechnique collective onstage audience ⓘ
metatheatre ⓘ
situational irony ⓘ
verbal humor ⓘ
featuresCharacter Chanfalla ⓘ
La Chirinos ⓘ
governor ⓘ
local dignitaries ⓘ
firstPublication Ocho comedias y ocho entremeses nuevos nunca representados ⓘ
firstPublicationAuthor Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage Spanish ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish The Marvelous Puppet Show ⓘ
influenced later Spanish comic theatre ⓘ
intendedPerformanceContext between acts of longer plays ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
literaryForm interlude ⓘ
literaryMovement Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
narrativeDevice mock theatrical spectacle ⓘ
partOf Cervantes’ entremeses ⓘ
periodOfComposition early 17th century ⓘ
plotSummary two tricksters present an imaginary puppet show that only people of pure blood can see ⓘ
satirizes collective credulity ⓘ
obsession with limpieza de sangre ⓘ
social status anxiety ⓘ
setting Castilian village ⓘ
structure one-act play ⓘ
theme collective self-deception ⓘ
conformism ⓘ
honor ⓘ
illusion versus reality ⓘ
purity of blood ⓘ

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Manuel de Falla → notableWork → El retablo de maese Pedro ⓘ
linked to: El retablo de las maravillas
El viejo celoso → relatedWorkByAuthor → El retablo de las maravillas ⓘ