biography
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Castro y Bellvís, Guillén de
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pronunciation:
[kastroh ee belvees
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| male
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| lived:
| (1569–1631)
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| biography:
| Dramatist of the school of Lope de Vega, born in Valencia, E Spain. He spent some time as a captain of coastguards, and was a founder-member (as ‘Secreto’) of the Academia de los Nocturnos. He was appointed a Knight of Santiago in 1623. His most outstanding achievement was the accomplished adaptation of the Romancero to Golden Age drama, a contribution which reached its highest point in his Las mocedades del Cid, a play in two parts first published in 1618. El conde de Irlos and El conde Alarcos are similar adaptations from epic and chivalresque material. Los mal casados de Valencia, one of his comedias de capa y espada, is believed to rely partly on autobiographical matter. Among his historical plays are Pagar en propia moneda, La humildad soberbia, and La justicia en la piedad. Of his three adaptations from Cervantes for the theatre, possibly the most interesting is Don Quijote de la Mancha, which concentrates on the episode of Cardenio and Lucinda. The others are of El curioso impertinente and La fuerza de la sangre. He also wrote the mythological plays Progne y Filomena and Los amores de Dido y Eneas. |
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