Editor's Note

EDITOR'S NOTE Bulletin of the Comediantes is happy to present a special number on Cervantes's theater in honor ofthe four-hundredth anniversary ofthe publication of Part 1 of Don Quijote. We are especially proud to publish the work of an accomplished group of young scholars, and we hope to encourage continued fresh work on Cervantes's dramatic production. We would like to acknowledge, with gratitude, the outstanding work of two revered comediantes who are retiring from the editorial advisory board: Robert L. Fiore and A. Julian Valbuena Briones. Bob Fiore, who taught for many years at Michigan State University and is now at the University ofArizona, is well known for his work on both early modern Spanish drama and the picaresque tradition. His books include Drama and Ethos: Natural-Law Ethics in Spanish Golden Age Theater, a study of Lazarillo de Tormes in the Twayne World Authors Series, and a recent edition of Lazarillo (Pegasus). Julian Valbuena Briones, Elias Ahuja Professor Emeritus ofSpanish at the University ofDelaware, is the author ofnumerous books, editions, and essays on Golden Age drama and other topics. His publications on Calderón, among them Calderón y la comedia nueva, have won him international recognition. All those who have had the privilege to work on the journal with Robert Fiore and Julian Valbuena Briones know how valuable their contributions and insights have been. They are stellar figures and true professionals, and we thank them most profoundly. Enrique García Santo-Tomás ofthe University of Michigan and Elizabeth Wright of the University of Georgia have been appointed to the editorial advisory board, and we very much appreciate their willingness to serve. The Bulletin and the profession lost a valuable colleague in the spring ofthis year with the passing ofBarbara E. Kurtz, professor of Spanish at Illinois State University and a member of the board. Barbara was known for her brilliance and for her devotion to teaching and her rigorous scholarship , including her book on allegory in the autos sacramentales of Calderón. As a reader for the journal, Barbara was fair, tough, and exceptionally generous in offering suggestions to authors. It was a privilege to collaborate with her. We will miss her, and we honor her memory. E.H.F. 185 ...