Tirso de Molina 308 His Dramas 308 His Burlador de Sevilla 309 His Vergonzoso en Palacio 312 His Theory of the Drama 314 Antonio Mira de Mescua 315 His Dramas and Poems 315 Joseph de Valdivielso 316 His Autos 317 His Religious Dramas 317 Antonio de Mendoza 318 Ruiz de Alarcon 319 His Dramas 320 His Texedor de Segovia 320 His Verdad Sospechosa 321 Other Plays 322 Belmonte, Cordero, Enriquez 323 Villaizan, Sanchez, Herrera 323 Barbadillo, Solorzano 324 Un Ingenio 325 El Diablo Predicador 325 Opposition to Lope’s School 327 By Men of Learning 328 By the Church 329 The Drama triumphs 331 Lope’s Fame 332 CHAPTER XXII. PEDRO CALDERON DE LA BARCA. Birth and Family 333 Education 334 Festivals of San Isidro 335 Serves as a Soldier 336 Writes for the Stage 336 Patronized by Philip the Fourth 336 Rebellion in Catalonia 337 Controls the Theatre 337 Enters the Church 337 Less favored by Charles the Second 338 Death and Burial 339 Person and Character 340 His Works 341 His Dramas 342 Many falsely ascribed to him 342 Their Number 343 His Autos Sacramentales 344 Feast of the Corpus Christi 345 His different Autos 347 His Divino Orfeo 348 Popularity of his Autos 350 His Religious Plays 351 Troubles with the Church 351 Ecclesiastics write Plays 352 Calderon’s San Patricio 353 His Devocion de la Cruz 355 His Mágico Prodigioso 355 Other similar Plays 358 CHAPTER XXIII. CALDERON, CONTINUED.