La paciencia en la fortuna: An Unprinted Play by Lope de Vega

Abstract

La paciencia en la fortuna is an early seventeenth-century Spanish play on royal favoritism whose author remains unknown. This is an entertaining, thoughtful, and well-written play that, aside from being listed in some catalogs of Spanish theater, has so far received no attention from scholars. This article explores the unprinted play, traces its textual history, places it into the wide framework of theatrical representations of royal favorites, and argues that Lope de Vega is its author.