Auto Sacramental

New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia Comprehensive definition of this Spanish genre.

Trinity University Full text in English of an auto sacramental drama Belshazzar’s Feast by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Note the similarities with Medieval morality plays such as Everyman, with characters here named Death, Thought, Vanity etc.

Auto Sacramental Website Small homepage with a brief description of this genre.

Auto Sacramental Script Play script of an auto scaramental drama (partially translated from Italian).

Javier Alvarez Very good historical summary of auto sacramentals including a definition, characteristics and examples. A little tricky to sift through the translation problems, however. Remember, every time you see ‘sacramental cars’, replace this with ‘auto scaramentals’!

Theatre History.com Useful biography of Spanish playwright Calderon.

Theatre Database Excellent article on both Lope de Vega and Calderon.