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ROJAS ZORRILLA, FRANCISCO DE (1607-c. ,66o) , See also:

Spanish dramatist, was See also:born at See also:Toledo; the only circumstance recorded of his See also:life is that he became a See also:knight of See also:Santiago in 1644. The exact date of his See also:death is unknown. His plays were published in 1640-45; the best of his dramatic compositions, Del Rey abajo Ninguno, is not included in the collection and was printed separately under the See also:title of See also:Garcia del Castanar. Of his other pieces, apart from their See also:intrinsic merit, an See also:international See also:interest attaches to No See also:hay padre siendo rey, which was borrowed by See also:Rotrou for his Venceslas; to Donde hay agravios no hay zelos and the Amo criado, which were imitated by See also:Scarron in his Jodelet Soufglete and Maitre See also:Valet; to Entre Bobos anda el juego, the source of See also:Thomas See also:Corneille's See also:Don See also:Bertrand de Cigarral, as well as of Scarron's Don Japhet d'Armenie; to Obligados y ofendidos, from which are derived See also:Les Genereux Ennemis by See also:Boisrobert, Les See also:Illustres Ennemis by Thomas Corneille, and Scarron's Ecolier de Salamanque; and to La traiciOn busca el castigo, upon which are based See also:Vanbrugh's False Friend and Le See also:Sage's Traitre puni. Rojas Zorrilla's See also:power of conveying a tragic impression is See also:manifest in Garcia del Castaiiiar; his See also:chief defect is his persistent preciosity of diction.

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