António de Almeida, an author from the mid-17th century, is part of a little-studied area of modern Iberian literature, that of writers of Portuguese nationality who wrote in Castilian. This book, the result of the research project PTDC/CLE-LLI/122193/2012: ‘Portuguese Theatre of the 17th Century: a digital library’, reveals two of his works; an example of one of the major currents of Baroque theatre from Calderón onwards, which, despite the artificial elaboration of the dialogues and the scenic construction, is characterised by great dramaturgical sobriety.

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