CHAPTER III. THE GROWTH AND DECADENCE OF THE SPANISH DRAMA.

The national character of the Spanish drama--The first beginnings of the religious plays--The starting-point of the secular play--Bartolomé de Torres Naharro--Lope de Rueda--Lope de Vega’s life--His influence on the drama--The conditions of the work--Contemporaries and followers of Lope--Calderon--Calderon’s school 60