Sobre la composición de La manganilla de Melilla: una propuesta de datación

The dating of Alarcón’s dramatic production is still a challenge for any scholar who approaches his dramaturgy. To this end, this study will address the chronology of the composition of La manganilla de Melilla, published in 1634 in the Parte segunda of Ruiz de Alarcón’s plays. On the basis of a series of textual, documentary, metric and stylometric data, a new chronological proposal for this comedy will be put forward, which contrasts with the hypothesis that critics have been defending until now regarding a composition that dates back to Alarcón’s early repertoire.