Abstract

El castillo de Lindabridis (ca. 1661-1663) is one of the spectacle plays of chivalric inspiration by Calderón de la Barca. It is based on the novel by Diego Ortúñez de Calahorra, Espejo de Príncipes y caballeros: El caballero del Febo (1555). The play is an example of the adapting and rewriting that Calderón often did of stories and myths of the past. The novel contains detailed violent images of military encounters that differ significantly from the descriptions in the play. Also, the deictic nature of theatre poses a series of questions about the new possibilities and languages in which to perform violence on stage for a 21st century audience. Through a comparative study of the novel, the dramatic text and its possible performance, this article analyses the different perspectives on violence contained in this play.