Abstract

The composition of the dramatic texts of the Golden Age aims at their on stage peformance, and so, some of their textual elements direct them towards a particular staging. The play La franchota has, on one hand, characters which, when performed, can be easily identified by the spectators by means of their clothes and typical objects of their job. On the other hand, it has foreigners characters whose manner of speech, besides characterizing them as such, has an important comical and burlesque function. The songs and dances require the musicians’ presence on the show. Another important role is that of the implicit statements and didascalias regarding the represented space and scenic movement, together with the metric changes that mark the different moments and scenes of the dramatic construction.