Minutes of the 1982 Meetings of the Comediantes

MINUTES OF THE 1982 MEETINGS OF THE COMEDIANTES At the 1982 MLA Convention in Los Angeles, the Division on Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Drama sponsored three sessions on the comedia, all chaired by Frank P. Casa. The program on A Reconsideration of Spanish Golden Age History Plays featured papers by Elaine Bunn, A. Robert Lauer, and Audrey LumsdenKouvel . Vern G. Williamsen, Sharon G. Dahlgren, and S. Catherine Larson spoke on Representational Aspects of Golden Age Drama. The participants in the third session, on the editing of the comedia texts, were A. Julián Valbuena Briones, Carol Bingham Kirby, Margaret Rich Greer, and Sandra L. Nielsen. Among the special sessions were three devoted to the comedia. Robert ter Horst chaired a program on Theoretical Approaches to the Spanish Comedia, with papers by James F. Burke, Susan L. Fischer, and Edward H. Friedman . Presided by James A. Parr, the program on The Interrelation of Spanish Seventeenth-Century Comedia, Plastic Art, and Music included papers by William R. Blue, David Gitlitz, Matthew D. Stroud, and Robert ter Horst. Focusing on The Comedia as Dramatic Performance , Matthew D. Stroud and Donald Dietz moved from theory to practice; Alva V. Ebersole chaired the session. The Comediantes Banquet was held at the Los Angeles Hilton on December 28. Approximately sixty people attended the luncheon, including Jane Ackerman, John J. Allen, Robert Bacalski, William R. Blue, Mary Brooks, Elaine Bunn, Frank Casa, Thomas Case, James Castañeda, Patricia Chapman, Nancy D'Antuono, Donald Dietz, Carmen and Alva Ebersole, Mario Federici, Robert Fiore, Susan Fischer, Edward Friedman, Charles Ganelin, David Gitlitz, George Haley, Daniel Heiple, Susana Hemández-Araico, Everett Hesse, Deborah Hill, Carroll Johnson, Patricia Kenworthy, Dona Kercher, Catherine Larson, Stephen Lipmann, John Loftis, Karen Lucas, Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel, José A. Madrigal, Adrienne S. Mandel, 129 130BCom, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Summer 1983) Oleh Mazur, Michael McGaha, Jaime Montesinos, Eric Naylor, Sandra Nielsen, James Parr, George Peale, María A. Pulice, Amy Williamsen Reynolds, Marian Smolen, Matthew Stroud, Marsha Swislocki, Ronald Surtz, Robert ter Horst, Alan Trueblood, A. Julián Valbuena Briones, Jack Weiner, Shirley Whitaker, Vem Williamsen, John Wooldridge, Anthony Zahareas, and Henryk Ziomek. Professor Casa conducted a brief business meeting following the banquet. Professor Madrigal gave the annual report of the Comediantes, Professor Hesse provided some historical comments, and Professor Friedman announced the topics for the 1983 sessions: theoretical approaches to the comedia and the theater of Tirso de Molina. The members of the Executive Committee met during the convention to make nominations for the term beginning in 1984 and to discuss topics for future meetings. Edward Friedman was confirmed as Chairman and Francisco Ruiz Ramón as Secretary for 1983. Professor Ruiz Ramón will plan the 1983 banquet and will send details to members in the fall. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. FRIEDMAN Secretary, 1982 ...