(1903 - 1965): Spanish Poet and dramatist; pseudonym of Alejandro Rodriguez
Álvarez. Born Besullo, Asturia 23 March, 1903; died Madrid 17
September, 1965
PLAYS
- Otra vez el diablo (The Devil Again). Morality play, prologue
and 3
acts. Written 1927. Published 1935. Produced Madrid, Teatro Español,
Apr. 26, 1935
- La sirena varada (The Siren Castaway). Play, 3 acts. Written
1929.
Published 1934. Produced Madrid, Teatro Español, Mar. 17, 1934.
- Sancho Panza en la isla Barataria (Sancho Panza on the Island
of Barataria). Play, 1 act. Written 1931? Produced Teatro del
Pueblo (Misiones Pedagógicas). Based on Don Quixote, by Miguel
de Cervantes.
- Entremés del mancebo que casó con mujer brava (Interlude
of the Cripple
Who Married a Fierce Woman). Play, 1 act. Written 1931? Published
1941. Produced Teatro del Pueblo (Misiones Pedagógicas).
- El misterio del Maria Celeste (The Mystery of the Mary Celeste).
(With Alonso Hernández-Catá). Play, 3 acts. Written 1935?
Produced Madrid, Teatro de la Zarzuela, July, 1935.
- Nuestra Natacha (Our Natacha). Play, 3 acts. Written 1935?
Published 1936. Produced Barcelona, 1935. Based on an earlier adaptation
from Heinrich Heine entitled Balada de Atta Troll (The Ballad of
Atta Troll, wr. ca. 1931).
- Prohibido suicidarse en primavera (No Suicide Allowed in Spring).
Play, 3 acts. Written 1937. Published 1941. Produced Mexico City, Teatro
Arbeu, June 12, 1937.
- El crimen de Lord Arturo (The Crime of Lord Arthur). Drama,
3 acts. Written 1938? Produced Havana, 1938.
- Romance de Dan y Elsa (Romance of Dan and Elsa). Romantic
comedy, 3 acts. Written 1938? Produced Caracas, Teatro Nacional, June
17, 1938.
- Sinfonía inacabada (Unfinished Symphony). Romantic
historical
drama, 3 acts. Written 1939. Produced Montevideo, Teatro Solis, May
21, 1940.
- María Curie (Marie Curie). Dramatic biography. (With
Francisco Madrid). Written 1940? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Smart,
1940.
- Las tres casadas perfectas (The Three Perfect Married Women).
Play, (Adaptation), 3 acts. Written 1941? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro
Avenida, May, 1941. Based on a play by Arthur Schnitzler.
- La dama del alba (The Lady of the Dawn). Ballad, 4 acts.
Written 1944? Published 1944. Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Avenida,
Nov. 3, 1944.
- La barca sin pescador (The Boat Without a Fisherman). Play,
3 acts. Written 1945? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Liceo, July 24,
1945.
- La molinera de Arcos (The Wife of the Miller of Arcos).
Musical interlude, 5 scenes. Written 1947? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro
Argentino, June 19, 1947.
- Los árboles mueren de pie (The Trees Die Standing). Play,
3 acts. Written 1949? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Ateneo, Apr. 1,
1949.
- Fablilla del secreto bien guardado (Little Fable of the Well-kept
Secret). Play, 1 act. Written 1949? Published 1949.
- Farsa del cornudo apaleado (Farce of the Thrashed Cuckold).
Play, 1 act. Written 1949? Published 1949. Based on Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron.
- Farsa y justicia del corregidor (Farce and Justice of the Magistrate). Play,
1 act. Written 1949? Published 1949.
- La llave en el desván (The Key in the Loft). Play,
3 acts. Written 1951? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Ateneo, June 1,
1951.
- ¡A Belén, pastores! (To Bethlehem, Shepherds). Play.
Written 1951? Produced Montevideo, Parque Rodó, December, 1951.
- Siete gritos en el mar (Seven Cries in the Sea). Play, 3
acts. Written 1952? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Politeama, Mar. 14,
1952.
- La tercera palabra (The Third Word). Play, 3 acts. Written
1953? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Odeón, May 29, 1953.
- Corona de amor y muerte; Doña Inés de Castro (The
Crown of Love and
Death). Dramatic legend, 3 acts. Written 1955? Produced Buenos
Aires, Teatro Odeón, Mar. 8, 1955.
- La casa de de los siete balcones (The House with Seven Balconies). Play,
3 acts. Written 1957? Produced Buenos Aires, Teatro Liceo, Apr. 12,
1957.
- Carta de una desconocida (Letter of an Unknown Woman). Dramatic
monologue. Written 1957? Produced Brazil, Porto Alegre, Teatro Sao
Pedro, May 9, 1957.
- Tres diamantes y una mujer (Three Diamonds and a Woman).
Play. Written 1961? Produced Buenos Aires, 1961.
- El lindo Don Gato (The Handsome Mr. Gato). Play, 1 act.
- El caballero de las espuelas de oro (The Gentlemen with the Gold
Spurs). Play.
- Retablo jovial. Play.
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