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HARTZENBUSCH, JUAN EUGENIO (18o6-188o)

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HARTZENBUSCH, JUAN EUGENIO (18o6-188o) , See also:Spanish dramatist, was See also:born at See also:Madrid on the 6th of See also:September 18o6. The son of a See also:German See also:carpenter, he was educated for the See also:priest-See also:hood, but he had no religious vocation and, on leaving school, followed his See also:father's See also:trade till 183o, when he learned shorthand and joined the See also:staff of the Gaceta. His earliest dramatic essays were See also:translations from See also:Moliere, See also:Voltaire and the See also:elder See also:Dumas; he next recast old Spanish plays, and in 1837 produced his first See also:original See also:play, Los Amantes de See also:Teruel. the subject of which had been used by Rey de Artieda, Tirso de See also:Molina and See also:Perez de See also:Montalban. Los Amantes de Teruel at once made the author's reputation, which was scarcely maintained by Dona Mencia (1830) and Alfonso el Casio (1841); it was not till 1845 that he approached his former success with La See also:Jura en See also:Santa Gadea. Hartzenbusch was See also:chief of the See also:National Library from 1862 to 1 8 7 5 , and was an indefatigable—though not very judicious—editor of many national See also:classics. Inferior in See also:inspiration to other contemporary Spanish dramatists, Hartzenbusch excels his rivals in versatility and in conscientious workmanship.

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