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Actualizado: 11 de agosto de 2026

But about 1560 there flourished in Spain probably the most important figure in the early history of the national drama. This was the Sevillian gold-beater, later actor and dramatic author, Lope de Rueda.

Lope de Vega - La moza de cántaro

Although modern realism triumphed in Spain only with the coming of Fernán Caballero's La gaviota in 1848, the ground was prepared in advance by several writers, the more important of whom are Larra, Estébanez de Calderón and Mesonero Romanos.

E. C. (Elijah Clarence) Hills - Heath's Modern Language Series: Spanish Short Stories