Ethics and Esthetics: Censorship in Agustin Moreto’s Theater
Abstract
The plays of Agustín Moreto enjoyed great publishing success especially in the 18th century, in that they were the most edited, together with those of Calderón. The numerous printed copies and some manuscripts that are dated from that period, some of which have censorship markings and notes, evidence this result. We limit our scope to those copies that are stored in the Biblioteca Nacional of Spain and in the Biblioteca Histórica Municipal of Madrid, where an important collection of printed sueltas of the plays from the 18th century are housed. In addition, there are other copies dating from the 17th and 19th centuries. It is not an easy task in trying to explain if these written notes present in Moreto’s plays were made by officers of the Holy Office, by autores of plays or by members of the theatre companies, or even by the printers. The aim here is to carry out a study of these preserved copies that have not been analysed from this perspective until now.
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