Carlos Arniches

Carlos Arniches (born October 11, 1866, Alicante, Spain—died April 16, 1943, Madrid) was a popular Spanish dramatist of the early 20th century, best known for works in the género chico (“lesser genre”): the one-act zarzuela (musical comedy) and the one-act sainete (sketch). These plays were based upon direct observation of the customs and speech of the lower-class people of Madrid. He wrote some 270 of them and was considered a master of the genre, along...