Composers and their stage works 



Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

(1796-1873)

Spanish poet, prose writer and dramatist. Born in Quel, Logroño Province December 19, 1796. Died Madrid November 19, 1873.

Stage Works

This list includes only Bretón's original plays. Unless otherwise noted, all were first performed in Madrid.

  1. A la vejez viruelas (Old-age Folly). Play, 3 acts; prose. Written 1817. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 14, 1824.
  2. Los dos sobrinos (The Two Nephews). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 30, 1825.
  3. A Madrid me vuelvo (I Am Going Back to Madrid). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Published 1836. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 25, 1828.
  4. El rival de si mismo (His Own Rival). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Aug. 11, 1828.
  5. El ingenuo (The Naive Boy). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 13, 1828.
  6. El templo de Himeneo (The Temple of Hymen). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 12, 1829.
  7. La falsa ilustración (The False Explanation). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Seville, Teatro de Sevilla, Feb. 10, 1830; Madrid, Teatro de la Cruz, May 30, 1830.
  8. La sorpresa (The Surprise). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Seville, Teatro de Sevilla, July 24, 1830.
  9. Achaques a los vicios (The Lure of Vice). Play, 3 acts; prose. Produced Seville, Teatro de Sevilla, July 24, 1830.
  10. El ensayo (The Test). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Seville, Teatro de Sevilla, July 24, 1830.
  11. Marcela, o ¿Cuál de los tres? (Marcela, or Which One of the Three?). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 30, 1831.
  12. El músieo y el poeta (The Musician and the Poet). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, June 23, 1833.
  13. El templo de la gloria (The Temple of Glory). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, June 23, 1833.
  14. El triunfo de la inocencia (The Triumph of Innocence). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, June 25, 1833.
  15. Un tercero en discordia (A Third Party in Disagreement). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 25, 1833.
  16. Un novio para la niña o la casa de huéspedes (A Fiancé for the Little Girl or The Boarding House). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 30, 1834.
  17. Los carlistas en Portugal (The Carlists in Portugal). Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 15, 1834.
  18. Elena. Drama, 5 acts; verse.Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 23, 1834.
  19. Un hombre gordo (A Fat Man). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 6, 1835.
  20. Merope. Tragedy, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 26, 1835.
  21. Todo es farsa en este mundo (All the World Is a Sham). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 13, 1835.
  22. El plan de un drama o la conspiración (The Outline of a Play or The Conspiracy). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Oct. 22, 1835.
  23. Otro diablo predicador o el liberal por fuerza (Another Fiendish Preacher or The Liberal in Spite of Himself). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Nov. 16, 1835.
  24. 1835 y 1836 o lo que es y lo que será (1835 and 1836 or What Is and What Will Be). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 5, 1835.
  25. Me voy de Madrid (I Am Leaving Madrid). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 21, 1835.
  26. La redacción de un periódico (The Editing of a Newspaper). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, July 5, 1836.
  27. EL amigo mdrtir (The Martyred Friend). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 10, 1836.
  28. Las improvisaciones (The Improvisations). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 30, 1837.
  29. Una de tantas (One of Many). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 2, 1837.
  30. ¡Muerete y verás! (Die and You Will See!). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 26, 1837.
  31. Don Fernando el emplazado (Don Fernando on Trial). Drama, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 30, 1837.
  32. Medidas extraordinarias o los parientes de mi mujer (Extraordinary Measures or My Wife's Relatives). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 24, 1837.
  33. Ella es él (She Is He). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Feb. 15, 1838.
  34. El poeta y la beneficiada (The Poet and the Beneficiary). Play, 2 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 15, 1838.
  35. El pro y el contra (The Pros and the Cons). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 24, 1838.
  36. El hombre pacífico (The Peace-loving Man). Play, 1 act, verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 7, 1838.
  37. Flaquezas ministeriales (Ministerial Foibles). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 26, 1838.
  38. El qué dirán y el qué se me da a mí (What They Will Say and What They Will Attribute to Me). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 29, 1838.
  39. Un día de campo o el tutor y el amante (A Day in the Country or The Guardian and the Lover). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 4, 1839.
  40. El novio y el concierto (The Bridegroom and the Agreement). >Musical comedy, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 22, 1839.
  41. No ganamos para sustos (We Won't Win by Frightening). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 12, 1839.
  42. ¡Una vieja! (An Old Woman!). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 30, 1839.
  43. Vellido Dolfos. Drama, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 13, 1839.
  44. El pelo de la dehesa (Rustic Ancestry). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Feb.19, 1840.
  45. Lances de carnaval (The Time of Revelry). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 21, 1840.
  46. Pruebas de amor conyugal (Conjugal Love Test). Play, 2 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Liceo, Apr. 8, 1840; Teatro del Príncipe, 1842.
  47. La ponchada (The Bowl of Punch). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 1, 1840.
  48. El cuarto de hora (A Quarter of an Hour). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 10, 1840.
  49. Dios los cría y ellos se juntan (Fools Come in Pairs). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Feb. 11, 1841.
  50. Cuentas atrasadas (Late Accounts). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 6, 1841.
  51. Mi secretario y yo (My Secretary and 1). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 11, 1841.
  52. ¡Qué hombre tan amable! (What An Obliging Man!). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 5, 1841.
  53. Lo vivo y to pintado (Naturalness and Artificiality). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 22, 1841.
  54. La pluma prodigiosa (The Miraculous Pen). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 3, 1841.
  55. La batelera de Pasages (The Ship Stewardess from Pasages). Drama, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 13, 1842.
  56. La escuela de las casadas (The School for Married Women). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 1, 1842.
  57. El editor responsable (The Responsible Publisher). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 3, 1842.
  58. Los solitarios (The Hermits). Musical comedy, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 9, 1843.
  59. El carnaval de los demonios (The Devils' Carnival). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 9, 1843.
  60. ¡Estaba de Dios! Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 19, 1843.
  61. Un novio a pedir de boca (A Bridegroom to His Heart's Content). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 23, 1843.
  62. Un francés en Cartagena (A Frenchman in Cartagena). Play, 2 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 28, 1843.
  63. Por no decir la verdad (For Not Telling the Truth). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 30, 1843.
  64. Finezas contra desvios (Kindness Against Indifference). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 2, 1843.
  65. La sombra de Isabel I (The Ghost of Isabel I). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 8, 1843.
  66. Una noche en Burgos o la hospitalidad (A Night in Burgos or Hospitality). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 19, 1843.
  67. Pascual y Carranza (Pascual and Carranza). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 24, 1843.
  68. La independencia (Independence). Play, 4 acts; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 19, 1844.
  69. A lo hecho pecho (Making the Best of a Bad Bargain). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Sept. 11, 1844.
  70. ¡Cuidado con las amigas! (Beware of Friends!). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Sept. 23, 1844.
  71. Aviso alas coquetas (Advice to Flirts). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 21, 1844.
  72. La minerva o lo qué es vivir en buen sitio (The Printing Press or What It Means to Live in a Good Location). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 24, 1844.
  73. Don Frutos en Belchite (Don Frutos in Belchite). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 27, 1845.
  74. Frenologia y magnetismo (Phrenology and Magnetism). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 24, 1845.
  75. Errar la vocación (To Miss One's Calling). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 16, 1846.
  76. Mi dinero y yo (My Money and I). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 16, 1846.
  77. Un enemigo oculto (A Concealed Enemy). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 14, 1848.
  78. Memorias de Juan Garcia (Juan Garcia's Memoirs). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Sept. 16, 1848.
  79. El intendente y el comediante (The Manager and the Actor). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 20, 1848.
  80. ¿Quien es ella? (Who Is She?). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro Espanol, Dec. 7, 1849.
  81. Los tres ramilletes (The Three Bouquets). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro Espanol, Mar. 13, 1850.
  82. Una ensalada de pollos (Chicken Salad). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro Espanol, Oct. 25, 1850.
  83. Por poderes (Marriage by Proxy). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Dec. 14, 1851.
  84. La escuela del matrimonio (The School for Marriage). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Jan. 14, 1852.
  85. El novio pasado por agua (The Parboiled Fiancé). Musical comedy, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Circo, Mar. 18, 1852.
  86. El valor de la mujer (The Worth of Woman). Drama, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de Variedades, Oct. 16, 1852.
  87. La cabra tira al monte (Nature Will Out). Play, 3 acts; prose. Produced Teatro de Variedades, Apr. 2, 1853.
  88. El duro y el millón (The Spanish Dollar and the Million). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 19, 1853.
  89. La niña del mostrador (The Girl at the Counter). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 15, 1854.
  90. Cosas de Don Juan (A Matter of Don Juan). Musical comedy, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Circo, Sept. 9, 1854.
  91. Al pie de la letra (To the Letter). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 13, 1855.
  92. Por una hija (For a Daughter). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 13, 1856.
  93. Mocedades (Youth). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de Novedades, Oct. 29, 1857.
  94. La hipocresía del vicio (Hypocrisy of Vice). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 15, 1859.
  95. Entre dos amigos (Between Two Friends). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 11, 1860.
  96. Elvira y Leandro o el premio (Elvira and Leandro or The Reward). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 30, 1860.
  97. El peluquero y el cesante (The Hairdresser and the Pensioner). Play, 1 act; verse. Published 1860.
  98. Entre santa y santo (Between Two Saints). Play, 1 act; verse. Published 1860.
  99. La hermana de leche (The Foster Sister). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de Variedades, January, 1862.
  100. María y Leonor (Maria and Leonor). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 16, 1863.
  101. Cuando de cincuenta pases (When You're over Fifty). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 24, 1864.
  102. El abogado de pobres (The Poor People's Lawyer). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Circo, Jan. 26, 1866.
  103. Los sentidos corporales (The Senses). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro Jovellanos, Jan. 16, 1867.

CRITICISM

  1. Marques de Molins, Bret6n de los Herreros: Recuerdos de su vida y de sus obras, Madrid, 1883;
  2. G. Le Gentil, Le poète Manuel Bretón de los Herreros et la societe espagnole de 1830 à 1860, Paris, 1901;
  3. E. Piñeyro, "Manuel Bretón de los Herreros," in The Romantics of Spain, tr. by E. A. Peers, Liverpool, 1934;
  4. G. C. Flynn, Manuel Bret6n de los Herreros, Bost