Editions Consulted

1st Editions:

Comparison of the following copies of Ocho comedias y entremeses, nunca representados (Madrid: La viuda de Alonso Martín, 1615), which contains La entretenida, revealed no differences apart from occasional press variants. The copy held by the Codrington Library (nn. 7.3) has been chosen as the primary reference source because it is the best example of the books examined.

  • Biblioteca Nacional de España: CERV.SEDÓ/8698 (online at cervantesvirtual.com)
  • British Library, London: C.59.e.3
  • British Library, London: G.10183
  • Bodleian Library, Oxford: Vet. G2 e.2
  • Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford: nn.7.3
  • University Library, Cambridge: Hisp. 7.61.3
  • Facsimile edition (Madrid: Real Academia Española, 1984): source not indicated.

Modern Editions:

  • La entretenida (Alicante: Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes, 2003). Digital edition based on Obras completas de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Comedias y entremeses: tomo III, ed. Rodolfo Schevill and Adolfo Bonilla y San Martín (Madrid: Imprenta de Bernardo Rodríguez, 1918), pp. 5-116
  • La entretenida/Pedro de Urdemalas, ed. Luis F. Díaz Larios (Barcelona: PPU 1988). This edition is based on CERV.SEDÓ/8698 and R/32671 (Biblioteca Nacional de España), and Cerv. Vitr. I-23 and Cerv. Vitr. I-22 (Biblioteca de Catalunya)
  • La entretenida/Pedro de Urdemalas, ed. Florencio Sevilla Arroyo and Antonio Rey Hazas (Madrid: Alianza, 1998). This edition is based on CERV/3209, CERV.SEDÓ/8698, R/32671, R/10692 and R/14483 (Biblioteca Nacional de España); and the facsimile edition of the RAE (see above).