María Pita in the Theatre. The Dramatic Works of Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor and Francisco Robello y Vasconi

Keywords: A Coruña, María Pita, Theatre, Valladares de Sotomayor, Robello y Vasconi

Abstract

In this article, we analyze two theatrical texts that deal with María Pitaʼs intervention in the English siege of A Coruña in 1589. One of them is the comedy Defensa de La Coruña por la heroica María Pita, composed by Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor, famous Galician playwright of the eighteenth-century and author of a wide and varied theatrical production. The other text, which had been practically ignored so far, is called María Pita o la heroína de Galicia; we attribute the authorship of this historical drama to Francisco Robello y Vasconi, a nineteenth-century actor of whom we barely had news, hence we have been forced to reconstruct his biography, to the extent that it has been possible. A comparison between Valladaresʼs comedy and Robelloʼs drama reveals differences in various areas, such as the ideological one.

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Federico Juan Briante Benítez, University of Seville

Departamento de Literatura Española e Hispanoamericana.

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Published
2020-12-18
How to Cite
Briante Benítez, F. J. (2020). María Pita in the Theatre. The Dramatic Works of Antonio Valladares de Sotomayor and Francisco Robello y Vasconi. Madrygal. Revista de Estudios Gallegos, 23, 97-120. https://doi.org/10.5209/madr.61423
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