Note 40.2 — LOS INTERESES CREADOS
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Lope de Rueda. A famous itinerant actor-manager and playwright of the middle of the sixteenth century; he is regarded as the founder of the modern Spanish theater.
Shakespeare. Linked with the old farces by such works as A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Molière. Influenced, particularly in his early plays, by the commedia dell'arte.