Sacramental play and the alegorization of history: Juan Pérez de Montalbán´s "El socorro de Cádiz"

Abstract

This paper analyzes the exceptional relationship between historical events and the sacramental genre, based on an «auto» that was considered lost during many years. This «auto» is El socorro de Cádiz by Juan Pérez de Montalbán, in which the playwright allegorizes the defense of Cádiz against the English in 1625.