Hamlet y La venganza de don Mendo: la tragedia de venganza y la duda. (Spanish)

The diffusion of the plays of Shakespeare in Spain has made possible that the parodists concentrate on them as source of inspiration for their recreations. One of the most singular cases is the parody that Pedro Muñoz Seca realizes in La venganza de don Mendo of the English Elizabethan drama Hamlet. The parodist focuses his attention in the characteristics of the tragedy of revenge, which succumb to the parodic point of view, and develops the motive of the Hamlet's doubt, associated with the revenge, with a sincere playful objective. We will expose and exemplify the above mentioned process of parodic recreation, whose result is the appreciation of the English classic drama on the one hand and, for other one, an interesting exercise of theatrical skill in the area of the humor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

La difusión teatral de las obras de Shakespeare en España ha posibilitado que los parodistas se fijen en ellas como fuente de inspiración para sus recreaciones. Uno de los casos más singulares es la parodia que Pedro Muñoz Seca realiza en La venganza de don Mendo del clásico inglés Hamlet. El parodista focaliza su atención en los convencionalismos de la tragedia de venganza, que sucumben a la óptica paródica, y desarrolla el motivo de la duda hamletiana, asociado a la venganza, con un sincero afán lúdico. Expondremos y ejemplificaremos dicho proceso de recreación paródica, cuyo resultado es el reconocimiento del clásico inglés por un lado y, por otro, un interesante ejercicio de habilidad teatral en el ámbito del humor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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