Key Points

• Prominent Spanish dramatist of the neoclassic style

• He was proficient in French drama , which he translated into Spanish

• He defined the 'casticismo madrileño' (Madrid's street language)

• Wrote three hundred 'sainetes' or little sketches of city life

• The best of his pieces are satiric observations of city life in Madrid

Relevant Works

• Teatro o colección de sainetes

• Teatro sobre teatro

• Manolo

• El Prado por la noche

• Las tertulias de Madrid

• El Rastro por la mañana

• La pradera de san Isidro