Abstract

In the second half of the XVII century, Spanish romances of chivalry continued providing the theater and courtly festivities with characters, topic and motifs. Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneira’s interlude, El niño caballero, picks up a number of motifs from the heroic archetype that characterizes the knight, and he rewrites them in a burlesque tone. Also, the theatrical interlude stages a play of dances that the actors, among them, the famous «Juan Rana» present to the public. The article is accompanied by the critical edition of the text.