 Although attributed to Lope de Vega "The Star of Seville was first considered to be the work of Claramonte by Sturgis E. Leavitt, in his 1931 book.A symposium on the play held at Pennsylvania State University some sixty years later, in 1992, paved the way for the reconsideration of this play his in the United States.A book based on the findings and edited by Frederick A. de Armas was published in 1996.