Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Scenario -- PART ONE: THE SETTING -- 1. Spain -- 2. Mexico -- 3. Interpreting "Holy Wednesday" -- PART TWO: THE PLAYS -- Prologue to the Translations -- The Translations -- Commentary on the Plays -- Appendix: Comparative Texts -- I. The Tulane Despedimiento -- II. Scenes from the Passion, Fray Alonso de Escalona -- III. The Harrowing of Hell, Fray Alonso de Escalona -- IV. The Harrowing of Hell, Sermones en Mexicano -- V. The Harrowing of Hell and the Resurrection of Christ, Psalmodia Christiana -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.