Autos sacramentales are a form of dramatic literature which is unique to Spain and Hispanic America, though in some respects similar in character to the old Morality plays of England.
First page of El villano en su rincón, an auto sacramental by Lope de Vega first published in 1617.
Photo from the Auto Sacramental de la Resurrección, known to the locals in Hinojos where it is performed, as "Los Abrazos," or, The Hugs.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Pedro Calderón de la Barca was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Monument to Calderón on Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid (J. Figueras, 1878).
Calderón depicted on a 1928 25 Pesetas banknote.
Calderón de la Barca's portrait, in Primera parte de Comedias verdaderas (1726)