Author: COMELLA Y VILLAMITJANA, Luciano Francisco
Title: Comedia nueva. Los amores del Conde de Comingues. Drama en cinco actos.
Description: [Barcelona:] Colophon: En la misma librería de Estivill se hallarán de venta la segunda y tercera parte de dicha historia y otras comedias varias [c. 1820]. 4to. 24p. Signed A-C in fours. Caption title. Top edges uncut. Modern marbled paper wrappers. ***** A comedia suelta. Fashionable 18th-century dramatist of the 'irregular' school, Comella opposed the neo-classical school of playwrights as represented by Moratín. Comella experimented with several themes and genres: the enlightened despot, the arranged marriage, comédie larmoyante, the sainete. He was much given to incorporating frequent scene changes and spectacular effects in his dramas, often accompanying them with music. Palau 58100. Cf. Bainton 49 for a different edition. No edition in Bergman & Szmuk.

Keywords: Spanish, drama, suelta, antiquarian


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