Carlos Arniches

Carlos Arniches
Carlos Arniches
Born	(1866-10-11)11 October 1866 Alicante, Spain
Died	16 April 1943(1943-04-16) (aged 76) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	playwright

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arniches and the second or maternal family name is Barreda.

El tío de Alcalá (zarzuela, 1906).

Carlos Arniches Barreda (11 October 1866 – 16 April 1943) was a Spanish playwright, born in Alicante. His prolific work, drawing on the traditions of the género chico, the zarzuela and the grotesque, came to dominate the Spanish comic theatre in the early twentieth century.

After starting his career as a novelist and journalist, Arniches turned to theatre in 1888 with the publication of his first play, Casa editorial. Much of his work is set in lower-class Madrid and uses colloquial language, song, dance and music.

Arniches was complimented in a 1935 interview by Federico García Lorca, often a scathing critic of contemporary Spanish theatre, as 'more of a poet than almost any of those who are writing theatre in verse at the moment'.

Following the end of the Spanish Civil War, the social dramas of Carlos Arniches were among the relatively non-controversial plays allowed by the new government.

References

• Dowling, Gwyneth (29 October 2011). "Carlos Arniches Barreda". Out of the Wings: Authors, Plays & Translators. King's College, London. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
• García Lorca, Federico (1997). Miguel García-Posada (ed.). Obras Completas III: Prosa. Barcelona: Círculo de Lectores/Galaxia Gutenberg.
• Vilches de Frutos, M.F. (1999). "Theatre". In Rodgers, Eamonn (ed.). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture. London: Routledge. pp. 513–516.

Further reading

• Falska, Maria. El universo dramático de Carlos Arniches: Aproximación a una lectura estructural del texto, UMCS, 2006, ISBN 8322724934.