Stage Works
This list includes only Bretón's original plays. Unless otherwise
noted, all were first performed in Madrid.
- A la vejez viruelas (Old-age Folly). Play, 3 acts; prose.
Written 1817. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 14, 1824.
- Los dos sobrinos (The Two Nephews). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, May 30, 1825.
- A Madrid me vuelvo (I Am Going Back to Madrid). Comedy, 3
acts; verse. Published 1836. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan.
25, 1828.
- El rival de si mismo (His Own Rival). Play, 1 act; prose.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Aug. 11, 1828.
- El ingenuo (The Naive Boy). Play, 5 acts; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 13, 1828.
- El templo de Himeneo (The Temple of Hymen). Play, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 12, 1829.
- 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.
- La sorpresa (The Surprise). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Seville,
Teatro de Sevilla, July 24, 1830.
- Achaques a los vicios (The Lure of Vice). Play, 3 acts; prose.
Produced Seville, Teatro de Sevilla, July 24, 1830.
- El ensayo (The Test). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced Seville,
Teatro de Sevilla, July 24, 1830.
- Marcela, o ¿Cuál de los tres? (Marcela, or Which One
of the Three?). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe,
Dec. 30, 1831.
- El músieo y el poeta (The Musician and the Poet). Play,
1 act; prose. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, June 23, 1833.
- El templo de la gloria (The Temple of Glory). Play, 1 act;
prose. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, June 23, 1833.
- El triunfo de la inocencia (The Triumph of Innocence). Play,
1 act; prose. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, June 25, 1833.
- Un tercero en discordia (A Third Party in Disagreement). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 25, 1833.
- 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.
- Los carlistas en Portugal (The Carlists in Portugal). Play,
1 act. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 15, 1834.
- Elena. Drama, 5 acts; verse.Produced Teatro del Príncipe,
Oct. 23, 1834.
- Un hombre gordo (A Fat Man). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 6, 1835.
- Merope. Tragedy, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe,
Apr. 26, 1835.
- Todo es farsa en este mundo (All the World Is a Sham). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 13, 1835.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Me voy de Madrid (I Am Leaving Madrid). Play, 3 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 21, 1835.
- La redacción de un periódico (The Editing of a Newspaper). Play,
5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, July 5, 1836.
- EL amigo mdrtir (The Martyred Friend). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 10, 1836.
- Las improvisaciones (The Improvisations). Play, 1 act; prose.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 30, 1837.
- Una de tantas (One of Many). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 2, 1837.
- ¡Muerete y verás! (Die and You Will See!). Play,
4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 26, 1837.
- Don Fernando el emplazado (Don Fernando on Trial). Drama,
5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 30, 1837.
- 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.
- Ella es él (She Is He). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Feb. 15, 1838.
- El poeta y la beneficiada (The Poet and the Beneficiary). Play,
2 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 15, 1838.
- El pro y el contra (The Pros and the Cons). Play, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 24, 1838.
- El hombre pacífico (The Peace-loving Man). Play, 1
act, verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 7, 1838.
- Flaquezas ministeriales (Ministerial Foibles). Play, 5 acts;
verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 26, 1838.
- 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.
- 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.
- El novio y el concierto (The Bridegroom and the Agreement). >Musical
comedy, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 22,
1839.
- No ganamos para sustos (We Won't Win by Frightening). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 12, 1839.
- ¡Una vieja! (An Old Woman!). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 30, 1839.
- Vellido Dolfos. Drama, 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del
Príncipe, Dec. 13, 1839.
- El pelo de la dehesa (Rustic Ancestry). Play, 5 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Feb.19, 1840.
- Lances de carnaval (The Time of Revelry). Play, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 21, 1840.
- Pruebas de amor conyugal (Conjugal Love Test). Play, 2 acts;
verse. Produced Teatro del Liceo, Apr. 8, 1840; Teatro del Príncipe,
1842.
- La ponchada (The Bowl of Punch). Play, 1 act; prose. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 1, 1840.
- El cuarto de hora (A Quarter of an Hour). Play, 5 acts;
verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 10, 1840.
- Dios los cría y ellos se juntan (Fools Come in Pairs). Play, 3 acts;
verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Feb. 11, 1841.
- Cuentas atrasadas (Late Accounts). Play, 4 acts; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 6, 1841.
- Mi secretario y yo (My Secretary and 1). Play, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 11, 1841.
- ¡Qué hombre tan amable! (What An Obliging Man!). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 5, 1841.
- Lo vivo y to pintado (Naturalness and Artificiality). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 22, 1841.
- La pluma prodigiosa (The Miraculous Pen). Play, 3 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 3, 1841.
- La batelera de Pasages (The Ship Stewardess from Pasages). Drama,
4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 13, 1842.
- La escuela de las casadas (The School for Married Women). Play,
4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 1, 1842.
- El editor responsable (The Responsible Publisher). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 3, 1842.
- Los solitarios (The Hermits). Musical comedy, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 9, 1843.
- El carnaval de los demonios (The Devils' Carnival). Play,
1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 9, 1843.
- ¡Estaba de Dios! Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro
del Príncipe, Jan. 19, 1843.
- Un novio a pedir de boca (A Bridegroom to His Heart's Content). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 23, 1843.
- Un francés en Cartagena (A Frenchman in Cartagena). Play,
2 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Apr. 28, 1843.
- Por no decir la verdad (For Not Telling the Truth). Play,
1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, May 30, 1843.
- Finezas contra desvios (Kindness Against Indifference). Play,
4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 2, 1843.
- La sombra de Isabel I (The Ghost of Isabel I). Play, 1 act;
verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 8, 1843.
- Una noche en Burgos o la hospitalidad (A Night in Burgos or Hospitality). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 19, 1843.
- Pascual y Carranza (Pascual and Carranza). Play, 1 act; prose.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 24, 1843.
- La independencia (Independence). Play, 4 acts; prose. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 19, 1844.
- A lo hecho pecho (Making the Best of a Bad Bargain). Play,
1 act; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Sept. 11, 1844.
- ¡Cuidado con las amigas! (Beware of Friends!). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Sept. 23, 1844.
- Aviso alas coquetas (Advice to Flirts). Play, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 21, 1844.
- 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.
- Don Frutos en Belchite (Don Frutos in Belchite). Play, 3
acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 27, 1845.
- Frenologia y magnetismo (Phrenology and Magnetism). Play,
1 act; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 24, 1845.
- Errar la vocación (To Miss One's Calling). Play, 3
acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 16, 1846.
- Mi dinero y yo (My Money and I). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 16, 1846.
- Un enemigo oculto (A Concealed Enemy). Play, 4 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 14, 1848.
- Memorias de Juan Garcia (Juan Garcia's Memoirs). Play, 3
acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Sept. 16, 1848.
- El intendente y el comediante (The Manager and the Actor). Play,
1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 20, 1848.
- ¿Quien es ella? (Who Is She?). Play, 5 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro Espanol, Dec. 7, 1849.
- Los tres ramilletes (The Three Bouquets). Play, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro Espanol, Mar. 13, 1850.
- Una ensalada de pollos (Chicken Salad). Play, 1 act; verse.
Produced Teatro Espanol, Oct. 25, 1850.
- Por poderes (Marriage by Proxy). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced
Dec. 14, 1851.
- La escuela del matrimonio (The School for Marriage). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Jan. 14, 1852.
- El novio pasado por agua (The Parboiled Fiancé). Musical
comedy, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Circo, Mar. 18, 1852.
- El valor de la mujer (The Worth of Woman). Drama, 5 acts;
verse. Produced Teatro de Variedades, Oct. 16, 1852.
- La cabra tira al monte (Nature Will Out). Play, 3 acts; prose.
Produced Teatro de Variedades, Apr. 2, 1853.
- El duro y el millón (The Spanish Dollar and the Million). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 19, 1853.
- La niña del mostrador (The Girl at the Counter). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 15, 1854.
- Cosas de Don Juan (A Matter of Don Juan). Musical comedy,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Circo, Sept. 9, 1854.
- Al pie de la letra (To the Letter). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 13, 1855.
- Por una hija (For a Daughter). Play, 1 act; verse. Produced
Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 13, 1856.
- Mocedades (Youth). Play, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de
Novedades, Oct. 29, 1857.
- La hipocresía del vicio (Hypocrisy of Vice). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Oct. 15, 1859.
- Entre dos amigos (Between Two Friends). Play, 3 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 11, 1860.
- Elvira y Leandro o el premio (Elvira and Leandro or The Reward). Play,
5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Nov. 30, 1860.
- El peluquero y el cesante (The Hairdresser and the Pensioner). Play,
1 act; verse. Published 1860.
- Entre santa y santo (Between Two Saints). Play, 1 act; verse.
Published 1860.
- La hermana de leche (The Foster Sister). Play, 3 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro de Variedades, January, 1862.
- María y Leonor (Maria and Leonor). Play, 3 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Jan. 16, 1863.
- Cuando de cincuenta pases (When You're over Fifty). Play,
3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, Dec. 24, 1864.
- El abogado de pobres (The Poor People's Lawyer). Play, 3 acts;
verse. Produced Teatro del Circo, Jan. 26, 1866.
- Los sentidos corporales (The Senses). Play, 3 acts; verse.
Produced Teatro Jovellanos, Jan. 16, 1867.
CRITICISM
- Marques de Molins, Bret6n de los Herreros: Recuerdos de su vida
y de sus obras, Madrid, 1883;
- G. Le Gentil, Le poète Manuel Bretón de los Herreros
et la societe espagnole de 1830 à
1860, Paris, 1901;
- E. Piñeyro, "Manuel Bretón de los Herreros," in The
Romantics of Spain, tr. by E. A. Peers, Liverpool, 1934;
- G. C. Flynn, Manuel Bret6n de los Herreros, Bost
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