Angel de Saavedra
(1791-1865)
Spanish politician, poet, and dramatist born in Cordoba on March 19, 1791, died in Madrid on June 22, 1865.
Stage Works
- Ataúlfo. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1814.
- Aliatar. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1814. Published 1816. Produced Seville, July 8, 1816.
- El duque de Aquitania (The Duke of Aquitaine). Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1817. Published 1820. Produced Seville, 1817.
- Malek-Adhel. Tragedy, 5 acts. Written 1818. Published 1820. Produced Barcelona, ca. 1818. Based on Marie Cottin's novel Mathilde (1805).
- Lanuza. Tragedy. 5 acts. Written 1822. Published 1823. Produced Madrid. Teatro de la Cruz, Dec. 17, 1822.
- Arias Gonzalo. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Written 1826. Published 1894.
- Tanto vales cuanto tienes (You Are Worth as Much as You Own). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1828. Published 1840. Produced Madrid, Teatro del Principe, July 2, 1834.
- Don Alvaro, o La fuerza del sino (Don Alvaro, or The Force of Destiny). Drama, 5 acts; prose and verse. Written 1835. Published 1835. Produced Madrid, Teatro del Príncipe, Mar. 22, 1835.
- Solaces de un prisionero, o Tres noches de Madrid (The Solace of a Prisoner, or Three Nights in Madrid). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1840. Published 1841. Produced Madrid, 1841.
- La morisca de Alajuar (The Moorish Woman of Alajuar). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1841. Published 1841. Produced November, 1841.
- El crisol de la lealtad (The Crucible of Loyalty). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Written 1842. Published 1842. Produced Seville, 1842.
- El desengaño en un sueño (Disillusion in a Dream). Fantastic drama, 4 acts. Written 1842. Published 1844. Produced Madrid, Teatro de Apolo, Dec. 11, 1875.
- El parador de Bailén (The Inn of Bailén). Comedy, 3 acts. Written 1843. Published 1844. Produced Seville, 1843.
- Doña Blanca de Castilla. Play. Produced Seville, Nov. 28, 1917.
Criticism:
- E. A. Peers, "Angel de Saavedra, Duque de Rivas: A Critical Study," Revue Hispanique, vol. LVIII, 1923;
- G. Boussogol, Angel de Saavedra, due de Rivas: Sa vie, son oeuvre poétique, Toulouse and Paris, 1926;
- E. M. Rosell, "Valores clásicos y románticos en el teatro del Duque de Rivas," Boletín de la Biblioteca Menéndez Pelayo, vol. X, 1928;
- N. González Ruiz, El Duque de Rivas, Madrid, 1944;
- G.H. Lovett, The Duke of Rivas, Boston, 1977