Abstract
Our knowledge of the two Madrid corrales de comedias is mainly derived from the municipal repair documents preserved in the Archivo Municipal and now published complete by N. D. Shergold.1 Although their interpretation is by no means straightforward, these documents do enable us to piece together a remarkably detailed picture of the theatres during the last century of their existence. However, this municipal documentation dates back only to the late 1630s, for the obvious reason that the Madrid theatres did not come fully under municipal control until 1638. Before this, during the first half-century or so after their foundation, repairs were the responsibility of the Hospitals, and the associated documentation, apart from a few isolated items, has not survived. One of the main problems we face in attempting to reconstruct the Madrid corrales is the lack of concrete evidence from this early period, a deficiency which is all the more unfortunate when one considers that the period in question includes, for e...
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