Subgénero: Historical
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Crown of Love and Death (Corona de amor y muerte)
The story is centered on the life of Doña Inés de Castro and her loving relationship with Infant Pedro, the heir to the throne of Portugal. The Infant is committed to a union of political nature with Constanza Manuel de Villena. The problem arises when the Infant admits that he is in love with Doña…
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The knight of the golden spurs (El caballero de las espuelas de oro)
It consists in the life of the Spanish Golden Age writer Francisco de Quevedo, character of great historic significance; someone ambitious who starred in several political intrigues, was in prison and had a staunch enemy, Luis de Góngora. In the midst of so much unrest, he was above all a great writer. THEMES: 17th Century,…
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Sublime decision! (¡Sublime decisión!)
The battle of the sexes through a public window Florita is a housewife in the late nineteenth-century Spain. One day she decides to emancipate and try her luck in the working world. Her family, friends and boyfriend are scandalized. This is her "sublime decision": to work in the Public Administration. And she will work in a…
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Occidental Vestal (La vestal de occidente)
This story is about Queen Elizabeth I of England and her complicated and tempestuous relations with Robert Devereux, II Earl of Essex. THEMES: Love, Treason, Jealousy, Monarchy, Social Relations, Society GENRE: Drama, Melodrama, Historical RELEVANT FACTS: Benavente won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1922. He treated all the theatrical genres and developed a broad…
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The governor (La gobernadora)
It depicts the life in the Spanish villages during the Restoration (1900). The domination exerted by the few, the dignitaries, contrasts with the people’s knowhow, who see, powerless, the control these men have over the political and public life of the commune. THEMES: Politics, Province Life, Power Struggle, Fighting the System, Frustration, Corruption, Deceit,…
