A Farsa De Inês Pereira / Auto Da Barca Do Inferno / Auto Da Alma by Gil Vicente
Three short theatrical pieces present a blend of ribald comedy, sharp social satire and moral allegory: one is a farce about a headstrong young woman who schemes to secure social advancement through marriage and then confronts the limits of ambition and desire; another stages dead characters arriving at a riverbank to be sorted between heaven and hell, using dark comedy to expose clerical hypocrisy, greed and social vice; the third is a solemn allegory in which a soul faces personified virtues and sins while seeking salvation, dramatizing repentance and divine judgment. Together they employ lively dialogue, stock types and biting irony to lampoon civic and ecclesiastical corruption while probing questions of conscience, social aspiration and the possibility of redemption.
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- The Farce of Inês Pereira
- The Play of the Soul
- The Ship of Hell
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