José Zorrilla
Spanish poet and playwright. José Zorrilla y Moral - born 21st February, 1817 Valladolid, Spain. Died 23 January, 1893 Madrid, Spain.
Plays
Unless otherwise noted, the plays were first performed in Madrid.
- Vivir low y morir más (Crazy Living and More So Dying). Dramatic caprice, 2 acts. Published 1837.
- Mas vale Ilegar a tiempo que rondar un alio (It Is Better to Arrive on Time than to Hesitate for a Year). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1839. Produced 1845.
- Ganar perdiendo (To Win Losing). Play. Published 1839.
- Juan Dandolo. Play. (With Antonio Garcia Gutierrez). Produced Teatro del Príncipe, July 24, 1839.
- Cada cual con su razón (Each One with His Own Reasons). Play. Produced 1839.
- Lea!tad de una mujer, o Aventuras de una noche (A Woman's Loyalty, or Adventures of a Night). Play. Produced 1840.
- El zapatero y el rey, I (The Shoemaker and the King, I). Play. Produced Teatro del Príncipe, March 14, 1840.
- Apoteosis de don Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Apotheosis of Don Pedro Calderón de la Barca). Play. Published 1841.
- El zapatero y el rey, II (The Shoemaker and the King, II). Play. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Jan. 5, 1842.
- El eco de torrente (The Echo of an Avalanche). Drama, 3 acts; verse. Published 1842. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Feb. 5, 1842.
- Los dos virreyes (The Two Viceroys). Drama, 3 acts; verse. Produced 1842.
- Caín, pirata (Cain the Pirate). Play. Published 1842.
- Un ario y un dia (A Year and a Day). Play. Published 1842.
- Sancho Garcia. Tragedy, 3 acts; verse. Published 1842. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Nov. 29, 1842.
- El puñal del godo (The Dagger of the Goth). Play. Published 1843. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Mar. 7, 1843.
- Sofronia. Tragedy. Published 1843.
- La mejor razón, la espada (The Sword, the Best Reason). Comedy, 3 acts; verse. Published 1843. Adaptation based on a play by Agustin Moreto y Cabana.
- El molino de Guadalajara (The Mill in Guadalajara). Drama, 4 acts; verse. Published 1843.
- El caballo del rey don Sancho (King Sancho's Horse). Comedy, 4 acts; verse. Published 1843.
- La oliva y el laurel (The Olive and the Laurel). Play. Published 1843.
- Don Juan Tenorio . Play. Published 1844. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Mar. 28, 1844.
- La copa de marfil (The Ivory Cup). Tragedy. Produced 1844.
- El alcalde Ronquillo, o El diablo en Valladolid (Mayor Ronquillo, or The Devil in Valladolid). Drama, 5 acts; verse. Produced 1845.
- El rey loco (The Mad King). Drama, 3 acts; verse. Produced 1847.
- La reina y los favorites (The Queen and the Favorites). Historical drama, 3 acts; verse. Published 1847.
- La calentura (The Fever). Play. Published 1847. Produced Teatro del Principe, Nov. 5, 1847. Part II of El pupal del godo.
- El excomulgado (The Excommunicated). Historical drama, 3 acts; verse. Produced 1848.
- La creación y el diluvio (The Creation and the Flood). Play. Published 1848.
- Traidor, inconfeso y mártir (Traitor, Unconfessed and Martyr). Play. Published 1849. Produced Teatro de la Cruz, Mar. 3, 1849.
- Amor y arte (Love and Art). Play. Produced 1862.
- El encapuchado (The Hooded One). Play. Published 1870.
- Pilatos (Pilate). Play. Published 1877.
- Don Juan Tenorio. Zarzuela. Published 1877.
CRITICISM
- E. Piñeyro, "Jose Zorrilla," in The Romantics of Spain, tr. by E. A. Peers, Liverpool, 1934
- N. Alonso Cortés, Zorrilla: Su vida y sus obras, 3 vols., Valladolid, 1916-1920, 2d ed., 1 vol., Valladolid, 1943
- A. Valbuena Prat, Historia del teatro espariol, pp. 500-526, Barcelona, 1956
- J. M. de Cossio, "Bibliograffa decimon6nica: Zorrilla," Boletin Biblioteca Menendez Pelayo, XXXIV (1958), pp. 262-267
- L. Rubio Fernandez, "Variations estilisticas del Tenorio," Revista de Literatura, XIX (1961), pp. 55-92
- O. Mandel, "The Apotheosis of Don Juan (1844). Jose Zorrilla and Don Juan Tenorio," The Theatre of Don Juan, Lincoln, Nebr., 1963, pp. 464-468
- E. Gonzalez Lopez, Historia de la literatura espanola: La edad moderna, New York, 1965, pp. 239-253
- A. Baquero, Don Juan y su evolucien dramritica, Madrid, 1966
- A. Goenaga and J. P. Maguna, Teatro espariol del siglo XIX: Analisis de obras, New York, 1972, pp. 183-255
- A. Gallego Morell, "Pervivencia del mite de Don Juan en el Tenorio de Zorrilla," El teatro y su critica (various authors), Malaga, 1975, pp. 139-155
- F. Ruiz Ramon, Historia del teatro espanol, 3d ed., I, Madrid, 1979, pp. 329-332
- J. L. Alborg, Historia de la literatura espanola, IV, Madrid, 1980.