Paso

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Paso (disambiguation) .

The paso ( Spanish for “step”, “holy image” or “group from the Passion story”) is a short, fluctuating dialogue scene in prose that has been popular in Spanish theater since the Siglo de Oro . Its contents are scenes from popular life.

It developed from the medieval mimetic Passion processions depicting the sufferings of Christ. In the 16th century he became independent in a dramatic short scene that was performed publicly on the market; he was simultaneously by Lope de Rueda as interim or injury for Aktfolge the Comedia reshaped. Are known z. B. Las aceitunas and Los criados , in which he showed the popular figure of Bobo, a forerunner of Gracioso .

In contrast to the later Entreméses , whose predecessors they are considered to be, the pasos are not accompanied by music, and they were also inserted up to three times into an act. As a short episode it was also written by Lope de Vega . In the género chico of Spanish folk theater, he has remained alive to the present day.