La prédication comme fondement d’un théâtre didactique et religieux ? Les premières pièces des collèges jésuites en Espagne

The article shows the importance of the notion of preaching in the genesis and justification of Jesuit drama in the sixteenth century, and of the concept a lo divino (in a divine way) as a component of the necessary conversion of the profane, in service of the sacred. The aim is to explore this link both in the play, defined as a « disguised sermon », which intention is to enhance spiritual profit, and for the author compared to a preacher, for the actor (the college student), but also for the preacher, through the comparison made a century later between preacher and actor.