Mexican Theatre

Mexican theatre dates from back to the pre-Columbian period. Early Spanish missionaries witnessed the first traces of Mexican theater with the Aztecs, who included music and dance. Although there is no recorded written works of Aztec theatre, early missionaries documented seeing them perform. Spanish invaders viewed these presentations as the “fruits of a pagan culture” and discouraged them. Performances were forbidden and manuscripts were destroyed.

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