Native Drama in Our Southwest.

SPANISH drama; LOS Pastores (Theatrical production); VEGA, Lope de, 1562-1635; CALDERON de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681; DRAMATISTS; CULTURE

The century of extensive Spanish colonization along the Rio Grande is considered the "golden" century of Spain, in which dramatists Lope de Vega wrote his thousand comedies, Pedro Calderon wrote his religious plays and Lope de Ruega regenerated the Spanish theater, introducing music between the acts and sometimes into them, thus opening the way to grand opera. Such plays as "Los Pastores," "Our Lady of Guadaloupe," and "Las Estrallas," and "Los Comanchos" show literary quality with an explicit folk flavor.