by Duque de Rivas · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467021820
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«Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino» is the romantic drama by Duque de Rivas, published by Austral in paperback (280 pages, in Spanish).
Premiered in 1835, it is considered the first fully romantic drama in Spanish theatre. The action accumulates passion, mystery, solitude, rebellion and the blind force of fate, in a tone that fuses cultured and plain style with verse and prose. It is one of the most representative works of Romanticism in Spain.
Edition by Carlos Ruiz Silva with a reading guide by Juan Francisco Peña. Number 162 of the Austral Theatre collection.
Suitable for literature students and for those who want to discover classic nineteenth-century Spanish theatre.
Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, 3rd Duke of Rivas was a Spanish poet, dramatist and politician who was Prime Minister of Spain in 1854. He is best known for his play Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino (1835), the first romantic success in the Spanish theater.
