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How many plays did Lope de Vega write and how many have survived?
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St. Luke, illuminated page from the Beatus Apocalypse, Mozarabic, 975; in the Gerona Cathedral, Spain.
Lope de Vega, a prominent dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, is often credited with writing as many as 1,800 plays throughout his career. While his total output is frequently cited at this high figure, the titles of 723 plays are known, and the texts of 426 of these plays have survived to the present day. Additionally, he authored numerous shorter dramatic pieces, including autos sacramentales, of which 42 texts are extant.12