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Obras Gil Vicente - VICENTE (Gil) OBRAS Completas de Gil Vicente . Reimpressão facsimilada da edição de 1562. Coleção “Publicacões da Biblioteca Nacional. Reimpressões.”, III. Lisboa: Oficinas Gráficas da Biblioteca Nacional, 1928. (8), CCLXII f.; 310 mm. This highly prized facsimile edition of the now uncommon and much appreciated ”Princeps” edition of the ”Complete Works of Gil Vicente” from 1562. Gil Vicente is the major figure in Portuguese theatre and occupies a foundational place in Iberian dramaturgy. The playwright wrote for the Portuguese court during the reigns of King Manuel I and King John III, in a literary context of transition to modernity, leaving us a body of work committed to the renewal of medieval dramatic forms of a popular, religious, and courtly nature. This ”Compilation” of 1562, organized by his children Luís and Paula Vicente, constitutes the first edition of Gil Vicente's complete works, bringing together the different genres he cultivated, both devotional and secular in nature. From 1502, the date of the performance of the Monologue of the Cowboy or Auto da Visitação, until 1536, the year of the Forest of Deceptions, the Portuguese playwright wrote 44 plays, of which 15 are in Portuguese, 11 in Spanish, and the remaining 18 in both languages. Gil Vicente is the major figure in Portuguese theatre and occupies a foundational place in the dramaturgy of the interliterary system of the Iberian Peninsula, where he rivals names as important as Juan del Encina or Lucas Fernández. There are many unknowns regarding his biography. He was probably born around 1465 and died around 1536, most likely in the city of Évora. Gil Vicente's dramatic activity was developed within the Portuguese court, encompassing the reigns of King Manuel I and King John III. He therefore left us a theatrical production permeated by mental models in transition to modernity, a work committed to the renewal of medieval dramatic forms of a popular, religious, and courtly nature. The 1562 Compilation, organized by his children Luís and Paula Vicente, constitutes the first edition of Gil Vicente's complete works, bringing together the different genres he cultivated, both of a devotional nature (miracles, mysteries, or moralities) and of a profane nature (comedies, farces, or tragicomedies). From 1502, the date of the performance of the Monologue of the Cowboy or Auto da Visitação, until 1536, the year of the Forest of Deceptions, the Portuguese playwright wrote 44 plays, of which 15 are in Portuguese, 11 in Spanish, and the remaining 18 in both languages. ! Please note that this translated text was generated by Google. !