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La dama del alba ("The Lady of the Dawn" in English) is a Spanish play written by playwright Alejandro Casona in 1944. It is a fantasy-drama in which Death personified is the main character. It takes place in a small village in the Spanish Principality of Asturias. The play consists of four acts, and is very popular in its own country.
Joya was born in Seville, Andalusia on 5 April 1956. [3] He had a number of jobs throughout his life, including cooking and unloading sacks of cement. [4]His first appearance on television was in 2001, on Jesús Quintero's show El Vagamundo, where he interviewed on various life situations with his partner "El Peíto" or "el Cuñao" Antonio Rivera (1959–2003 December), in a comedic tone. [3]
In the Spanish Golden Age (Siglo de Oro) tradition, a comedia is a three-act play combining dramatic and comic elements. The principal characters are noblemen (galanes; sg.: galán) and ladies (damas) who work out a plot involving love, jealousy, honor and sometimes also piety or patriotism.
The joke also appears in the Spanish poem Reír Llorando [44] ("Laughing While Crying") by the late 19th century Mexican poet Juan de Dios Peza. [45] The poem tells of an English actor called Garrick that a doctor recommends to his patient as the only cure for his loss of interest in life, whereupon the patient reveals that he indeed is Garrick.
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Comedia (Spanish play), a genre of three-act play in the Spanish Golden Age tradition; Comedia (festival), a comedy film festival taking place in July as part of the larger Just for Laughs comedy festival; The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, referred to by Dante in his own Italian as Comedìa (questa comedìa, la mia comedìa)
Corral de comedias in Almagro.. Corral de comedias (lit. ' theatrical courtyard ') is a type of open-air theatre specific to Spain.In Spanish all secular plays were called comedias, which embraced three genres: tragedy, drama, and comedy itself.
The Great Theatre of the World: [A Morality Play] Based on a Theme from Calderón: auto Amar despues de la Muerte: Love After Death: 1959: Campbell, Roy: The Classic Theatre III: Six Spanish Plays, ed. Eric Bentley: blank verse La Vida es Sueño: Life is a Dream: 1959: Campbell, Roy: The Classic Theatre III: Six Spanish Plays, ed. Eric Bentley