Abstract

The critical study of El escondido y la tapada implies a series of textual problems related to the complexity of various materials that exist in the play, mostly printed.The first of these difficulties relates to the hierarchy that must be established in the quality of the testimonies. The primary texts are considered useful, and the secondary texts less utile. The editor’s task faces the variety of sources and to evaluate the importance of the documents, in order to find the most consistent source using the ecdotic analysis. In the case of this calderonian play, the corrections made by Vera Tassis are considered legitimate, including certain elements of the earlier editions of El escondido y la tapada.