Manuel TAMAYO y Baus

Spanish dramatist born Madrid, September 15, 1829: Died Madrid June 20, 1898 

Stage Works

PLAYS

All were first performed in Madrid.

1. Juana de Arco (Joan of Arc). (Adaptation). Drama, prologue and 4 acts; verse. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Oct. 21, 1847. Based on Friedrich von Schiller's Die Jungfrau von Orleans.
2. El 5 de agosto (The Fifth of August). Melodrama. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, 1848.
3. Una apuesta (A Wager). Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro de la Comedia, May 20, 1851.
4. La esperanza de la patria (The Hope of the Fatherland). (With Manuel Canete). Loa, 1 act; verse. Produced Teatro del Drama, Feb. 2, 1852.
5. Huyendo del perejil (Avoiding the Parsley). Proverb, 1 act. Produced Teatro de Variedades, Mar. 15, 1853.
6. Angela.(Adaptation). Drama, 5 acts; prose. Produced Teatro de Variedades, Nov. 13, 1853. Based on Schiller's Kabale and Liebe.
7. Virginia. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Principe, Dec. 7, 1853.
8. La Ricahembra (The Noble Lady). (With Aureliano Fernandez Guerra). Historical drama, 5 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Principe, Apr. 20, 1854.
9. La locura de amor (The Insanity of Love). Drama, 5 acts. Produced Teatro del Principe, Jan. 12, 1855.
10. Hija y madre (Daughter and Mother). Drama, 3 acts. Produced Teatro del Principe, May 19, 1855.
11. La bola de nieve (The Snowball). Drama, 3 acts; verse. Produced Teatro del Principe, May 12, 1856.
12. Lo positivo (Materialism). (Adaptation). Comedy, 3 acts. Produced Teatro de Lope de Vega, Oct. 25, 1862. Based on Léon Laya's Le duc Job (1859).
13. Del dicho al hecho (From Word to Deed). Proverb, 3 acts. Produced Teatro del Circo, Dec. 24, 1862.
14. Lances de honor (Affairs of Honour). Drama, 3 acts. Produced Teatro del Circo, Sept. 1, 1863.
15. Más vale mana que fuerza (Skill Is Worth More than Strength). Proverb, 1 act. Produced Teatro de la Zarzuela, Nov. 26, 1866.
16. Un drama nuevo (A New Drama). Drama, 3 acts. Produced Teatro de la Zarzuela, May 4, 1867.
17. No hay mal que por bien no venga (It's an Ill Wind that Blows No Good). Comedy, 3 acts. Produced Teatro de la Zarzuela, Dec. 23, 1868.
18. Los hombres de bien (Honest Men). Drama, 3 acts. Produced Teatro de Lope de Rueda, Dec. 17, 1870.

• N. Siscars y Salvadb, D. Manuel Tamayo y Baus: Estudio critico-biogrdfico, Barcelona, 1906;
  
• N. H. Tayler, Las fuentes del teatro de Tamayo y Baus: Originalidad e influencias, Madrid, 1959;.
  
• R. Esquer Torres, El teatro de Tamayo y Baus, Madrid, 1965;
  
• G. C. Flynn, Manuel Tamayo y Baus, New York, 1973.