The Auto de los Reyes Magos from the 12th century β a mystery play about the Biblical Magi β symbolizes the connection between the first plays in Spanish with Toledo. This piece is an example of how it used to be a common tradition adapting some episodes from the life of Christ and performing them inside churches on Christmas and Easter.
Eventually, those plays were taken outside, to the markets, squares and nearby streets; they even were a part of the Corpus Christi procession. During 15th century, Toledo unified its Judeo-Arabic local heritage with the new Italian Humanism that appears mainly through manuscripts about courtly love or romances without any religious reference.
Later in the 16th century, Toledo was governed by the Corregidores β mayors appointed by the king β and obtained patronage from nobles and archbishops. Therefore, they could fund new buildings for the local government, courts, jails, hospitals, markets, waterwheels to lift water from the Tagus river, brothels or more decent inns for entertainment such as Casas de Comedias. One of these has even endured until the 19th century.
According to J. Nothing is known about its history, but being placed next to Toledo Main Square may have helped because the market gathered there several citizens every day. Actually, the corrales were open-air theatres inside some buildings. When Lope de Vega lived in Toledo described the atmosphere of this corral as a place full of whistling, voices and arguments while actors were on stage.
According to Adolfo Aragoneses that Casa de Comedias was destroyed by a fire on August and quite little is known about its restoration. However, a panoramic sight of Toledo drawn by builder Arroyo Palomeque showed a closed building, without the usual open central space of corrales, which was commonly covered with sliding cloths and curtains, at the beginning of 18th century.
