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his prologue to the Obras de Lope de Vega (Acad. N.), X. 25The endechas are placed in brackets to indicate that they are, in this play, used as a song, a usage which accounts for their omission from Morley and Bruerton's verse count for the play. See Morley and Bruerton, 27. 26Morley and Bruerton, 582-3. 27Morley and Bruerton, 213-5. 28Morley and Bruerton, 195-200. 29Morley and Bruerton, 47-73. 30Morley and Bruerton, 107. 31Morley and Bruerton, 201-4. 32Morley and Bruerton, 180. 33Walter Poesse, The Internal Line Structure of Thirty Autograph Plays of Lope de Vega (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1949), 76-7. 34Poesse, 68-73. 35Cotarelo y Mori, ed., Acad. N., V, xxii; and J. H. Arjona, "Did Lope de Vega Write El lacayo fingido?" Studies in Philology, 51, (1954), 52. 36Whenever such a preponderance of positivistic evidence exists as here, we must assume the negative hypothesis to have been adequately demonstrated in the absence of contrary proof sufficient to destroy its validity. Such proof would be an autograph manuscript . 37Sainz de Robles cites as proof of Lope's authorship, ". . . Ia belleza y facilidad de los versos, los caracteres de los personajes, trazadas de maestro mano. . ." (p. 1498). Morley says of the play, "Pero si en conjunto es inaceptable Ya anda la de Mazagatos, contiene, como casi todos los dramas del siglo de oro, bellezas aisladas y escenas hermosas" (p. 223). The anonymous critic of the Memorial literario , instructive y curioso de L· corte de Madrid, 24 (diciembre, 1785), says, ". . . la trama es bien seguida, los lances ingeniosos, las situaciones muy bien manejadas: se halla buen contraste de afectos, los episodios muy propios, y la solución muy bien preparada" (p. 521). 38La Barrera, 552; and A. Paz y Melia, Catálogo de las piezas de teatro que se conservan en el Departamento de Manuscritos de la Biblioteca Nacional, I, numbers 1553 and 1554. 39For the attribution of this piece to Lope, see Rennert and Castro, 463; for the attribution to Mira, see Mérimée, 379. 40Morley and Bruerton, 139. 41Morley and Bruerton, 117-25. 42Poesse, 23-31. dtéSfb MLA PROGRAM: SPANISH 3 Spanish 3, The Spanish Comedia, will meet in the Astoria Room of the Conrad Hilton, 12:45-2:00, on Friday, December 28th. Chairman, JOHN LIHANI, Univ. of Kentucky; Secretary, JAMES A. PARR, Univ. of Southern California. I. Business II. Papers and Discussion. 1."The Early Spanish Drama: From Dramatic Ritual to Dramatic Art," Charlotte D. Stern, RandolphMacon Woman's C olle g e. (15 min.) 2."Observations on the Gracioso in the Sixteenth Century," F. William Forbes, Univ. of New Hampshire . ( 15 min. ) 3."Juan Timoneda y la tradici ón dramática española," José M. Regueiro, Univ. of Pennsylvania. 15 min. ) 4."The Figure of the Bandido Generoso in the Comedia," Mary V. Devine, Wayne State Univ. ( 15 min.) Executive Committee: Ch., John Lihani, Univ. of Kentucky (1970-73); James A. Parr (1972-74); Sidney F. Wexler (1970-75); A Julián Valbuena Briones (1971-76); William C. McCrary (1973-77); Edward Nagy (1973-78). 51 Research Committee: Ch., Vern G. Williamsen; James A. Castañeda; David H. Darst; Edward Hopper; Harold G. Jones; Walter Poesse; Richard W. Tyler ; Shirley B. Whitaker; Henryk Ziomek . 1974 Officers: Chairman, James A. Parr, Univ. of Southern California; Secretary , Sydney F. Wexler, Univ of Massachusetts. (Nominations to be voted on.) EL MENTIDERO DE COMEDIANTES The annual Comediantes' luncheon is scheduled for noon on Thursday, December 27th, at the Stouffer's Restaurant at 24 West Madison, Chicago. Please note well the address, since there is more than one Stouffer's in that part of the city. The one at 24 West Madison is approximately six blocks from the Conrad Hilton. The cost of the meal will be $4.75 per person, tax and gratuity included. If you plan to attend and have not yet made a reservation, please do so immediately by contacting the Secretary of Spanish 3. ft O e * Vern G. WilHamsen, chairman of the Spanish 3 Bibliography Committee and bibliographer for the Bulletin of the Comediantes, informs us that work is proceeding apace on the Tirso bibHography . * * « ß Bruce W. Wardropper, William...