Comedia Stages
A global performance database of Spanish-written language theater. Discover, visualize, and analyze performances worldwide.
Explore
Search by title, author, place, company, decade, and more with Boolean operators.
Map
Discover global performance locations and geographic patterns over time.
Visualize
Create charts and timelines showing trends across centuries and regions.
Comprehensive Digital Humanities Research Tool
Comedia Stages is a large-scale digital humanities project designed to build a comprehensive, global database of theatrical performances of comedia—defined broadly to include any early modern plays written in Spanish—from the year 1701 to the present. Our phased approach allows for scalable development, data validation, and the integration of complex metadata structures over time.
Powerful Research Opportunities
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Performance Explorer
Browse, filter, and analyze the database with advanced search, Boolean operators, and field-specific queries. Open Explorer
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Interactive Mapping
Visualize performances across the globe and trace dissemination over time. Map View
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Visual Analytics
Create statistical dashboards and timelines for quantitative analysis. View Charts
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Collaborative Research
Support a range of fields—Theatre History, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanities—with exportable datasets.
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Educational Tool
Ideal for instructors and students to trace international performance histories and classroom case studies.
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Global Scope
Track how comedia travels across centuries and continents with consistent metadata and geocoding.
Research Applications
Theatre History
Examine how comedia texts like Fuenteovejuna or El médico de su honra have been reinterpreted across centuries and continents.
Cultural Studies
Contextualize performances within broader sociopolitical movements and cultural transformations worldwide.
Digital Humanities
Enable quantitative analyses and data-driven storytelling about theatrical traditions often studied qualitatively.
Join Our Global Research Community
Help us build the most comprehensive database of Spanish Golden Age theatre performances. Whether you're a researcher, educator, or theatre enthusiast, your contributions make a difference.