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Goethe, huh?
>"Calderon is infinitely great in the technical and theatrical; . . . in Calderon," said Goethe, "you find the same perfect adaptation to the theater. His pieces are throughout fit for the boards; there is not a touch in them which is not directed towards the required effect. Calderon is a genius who had also the finest understanding."
>"Calderón’s plays are perfect works of art; there is in them no trace of earthly fragility. They are as if fashioned by some divine artificer, and as clear and beautiful as crystals."
>"Lope de Vega’s fertility astounds us; his plays flow forth like the songs of a bird, natural and unconstrained. When I reflect what Lopez de Vega accomplished, the number of my poetical productions seems very small. I should have kept more to my own trade."
>"The Spanish theatre, with its fusion of poetry, faith, and chivalric honor, creates a world where the soul’s struggles are elevated to divine spectacle."

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