MDMD & DQ, TS, M-D, C-M (Postmodernists all?)

[Terrance]

All we have of C's dramatic works are the two plays preserved in
manuscript and eight plays and eight interludes published in 1615. 

Critics say, the best is probably Pedro de Urdemalas, 

"Whose eponymous protagonist is a protean figure from Spanish folklore;
here Cervantes plays with illusion and apparent reality, much as he does
in Don Quixote.             The great student of Cervantes' drama Jean
Canavaggio has concluded that it was above all experimental. Rather than
submit to the ready-made formula proffered by Lope de Vega, Cervantes
constantly reconsidered the problem of how to write a good play. His
theater is thus innovative but tentative. He could not, like Lope,
present stereotyped characters who are entirely in the control of their
creator. His characters are always in search of themselves. They are,
therefore, more like characters in a novel. Pedro de Urdemalas and the
saintly pander find their identities, much as Don Quixote and Sancho
Panza do, only after journeying through many experiences. One may doubt
that this fictional base can properly serve the ends of drama. In his
experimentation, he clearly defined the opportunities and the
limitations of drama.