B--C: =segunda derecha= = back, right. D--E: =primera izquierda= = front, left. E--F: =segunda izquierda= = back, left. A--D--E--B: =primer término= = foreground. C--F: =foro= = rear, back. [39.2] =el tinglado de la antigua farsa=. In general, the language of _Los intereses creados_ is modern; but by the use of well-chosen archaisms Benavente imparts to this play something of the spirit of the period in which the events are supposed to take place. The action of the piece is assigned to the beginning of the seventeenth century. [39.3] =el Puente Nuevo= _le Pont-Neuf_ (literally 'the New Bridge'). One of the oldest and most famous bridges in Paris; for a long time the most frequented spot in the city. [39.4] =Tabarín.= Assumed name of Jean Salomon (c. 1584-1633), a celebrated street actor who gave performances in Paris, thereby winning lasting fame and attracting the attention of famous French authors; the name is adopted as a type of farcical comedian. [39.5] =que.= Used instead of =porque= to mean 'for' or 'because'; it occurs repeatedly in this sense in _Los intereses creados_, and is, in general, common in all sorts of language, particularly in poetry; but =porque= more strongly expresses the idea of cause, whereas this =que= expresses an additional fact without stressing that fact as a cause. [40.1] =que.= See preceding note. [40.2] =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_. [40.3] =guiñolesca=. An adjective formed from the Spanish =guiñol= derived from the French _guignol_, meaning 'Punch' or 'the theater of Punch.' [40.4] =comedia del Arte.= See page 118. [40.5] =italiano.= We should expect =italiana=, in agreement with =comedia=; either =italiano= is a misprint, or it is attracted by the gender of the masculine =Arte=. [40.6] =niñerías.= See page 7, note 3. [41.1] =diga.= Subjunctive on account of the general command involved in the stage directions, which makes the relative clause indefinite. [41.2] =en... dado.= The vocabulary should be examined whenever =dar en= occurs. Not only does this idiom mean 'hit upon,' 'chance upon,' or 'strike,' but it may also signify 'take a notion to.' [41.3] =Picardía.= A noun of double meaning; as a common noun =picardía= denotes 'knavery' or 'roguery,' and as a proper noun =Picardía= is the name of an old province in Northern France centering in the valley of the Somme, and called Picardie (Picardy). In the thirteenth century there sprang up in Picardy a sect of heretics who became known as _les picards_, which came to mean 'rogues,' 'oath-breakers,' etc. François Villon alludes to them, and they were widely known.