Ángela de Azevedo
Ángela de Azevedo (or Acevedo; born c. 1600) was a Portuguese playwright.[1][2]
De Azevedo was born in Lisbon, likely in the early 17th century, to nobleman João de Azevedo Pereira of Casa Real and his wife Izabel de Oliveira.[3] She spent time in the court of Philip IV of Spain in Madrid as a handmaiden to the king's wife Elisabeth of Bourbon.[1]
She wrote several plays, three of which have survived to the present:
- El muerto disimulado (The Feigned Death),
- La Margarita del Tajo que dió nombre a Santarem (Margarita of Tajo Who Gave Her Name to Santarem), and
- Dicha y desdicha del juego y devoción de la Virgen (Bliss and Misfortune in the Game and Devotion to the Virgin).[1]
All three are written in Spanish and placed in Portugal.[2] The first has a secular theme, while the remaining two have typically religious themes.[4] Given her ties to the court, it is thought that her plays may have been staged in the palace.[4]
Her biographers note that de Azevedo married sometime before Elisabeth's death in 1644, but do not record her husband's name.[3] After his death, she retired with her daughter to a Benedictine convent in Portugal where she lived until her death.[2][4]
References
- 1 2 3 Pérez, Janet; Ihrie, Maureen, eds. (2002). "Drama by Spanish Women Writers: 1500–1700". The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature. 1. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 186. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- 1 2 3 de Cano; J. R. Fernández. "Acevedo o Azevedo, Ángela de (¿-1644).". MCN Biografías. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- 1 2 Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 4. D.F. Robinson. 1844. p. 400.
- 1 2 3 Vollendorf, Lisa (2005). The Lives of Women: A New History of Inquisitional Spain. Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 74–89. ISBN 9780826514813.