Three AUTOS of Jorge de Montemayor

Abstract

Montemayor, the illustrious author of Diana, has not until recently been accorded a place among Spanish dramatists. His name does not appear in the catalogue of La Barrera nor in the Orígenes del Teatro Espanol of Moratín. The only mention of his dramatic activity, so far as I know, is the brief description of the autos here printed in the history of the early Spanish drama by Professor J. P. W. Crawford. These quin-tillas, it is true, afford little promise of the matchless beauty of diction which distinguishes the Diana but, quite apart from the later fame of the author, the autos possess the interest inherent in all early drama.