After reading House of Trials, I made a few observations of things that may be standard of a Spanish Comedia. One would be the type of dialogue. It is written in verse, the characters primarily using almost sing-songy poetry to communicate with one another (majorly obnoxious). There is also frequent use of asides or a breaking of the fourth wall. I don't particularly like plays that do this, so I'm not sure how many comedias I will be reading after this...
The play was lengthy. I remember learning in a previous class that 3 acts are standard for these plays. I didn't thing the acts in House of Trials could stand alone with their own stories as much as the standard Well Made Play's where each act followed its own arch. I thought that this play needed the whole story to take form.
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