Talk: Performing Spain from Colonial California: Astucias por Heredar (1789-1805)
El Zócalo 537 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR, United StatesA satirical play banned from the Mexican stage in 1790 made it to the early secular settlements of Alta California where a troupe of soldiers and possibly other colonists performed it. The play, Astucias por heredar: un sobrino a un tío survived in the Bancroft library collection and this talk will present the context of its…