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. 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. ISBN 9780313324444. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. de Cano; J. R. Fernández. "Acevedo o Azevedo, Ángela de (¿-1644)". MCN Biografías. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. 4. D.F. Robinson. 1844. p. 400.
  4. Vollendorf, Lisa (2005). The Lives of Women: A New History of Inquisitional Spain. Vanderbilt University Press. pp. 74–89. ISBN 9780826514813.
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