PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA.
Birth and Family 333
Education 334
Festivals of San Isidro 335
Serves as a Soldier 336
Writes for the Stage 336
Patronized by Philip the Fourth 336
Rebellion in Catalonia 337
Controls the Theatre 337
Enters the Church 337
Less favored by Charles the Second 338
Death and Burial 339
Person and Character 340
His Works 341
His Dramas 342
Many falsely ascribed to him 342
Their Number 343
His Autos Sacramentales 344
Feast of the Corpus Christi 345
His different Autos 347
His Divino Orfeo 348
Popularity of his Autos 350
His Religious Plays 351
Troubles with the Church 351
Ecclesiastics write Plays 352
Calderon’s San Patricio 353
His Devocion de la Cruz 355
His Mágico Prodigioso 355
Other similar Plays 358