Don Gil de las calzas verdes

play by Tirso de Molina

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Don Gil de las calzas verdes (Don Gil of the Green Stockings) is a play by Tirso de Molina, a prominent Spanish dramatist of the Golden Age. Written around 1635, it is known for its complex and rapidly unfolding plot, which Tirso handles with great energy and vitality.1

The play is a comedy that features a witty clown character, typical of Tirso's work. It is a prime example of the "cloak-and-sword drama" genre, popular in Spain during that era, which often involves intricate plots, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements. Tirso de Molina, born Gabriel Téllez, was a Mercedarian friar and a prolific playwright, often compared to his contemporaries Lope de Vega and Pedro Calderón de la Barca.123

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…situations; and in, for example, Don Gil de las calzas verdes (1635; “Don Gil of the Green Stockings”), he manipulates a complex, rapidly moving plot with exhilarating vitality. His tragedies and comedies are both famous for their clowns, whose wit has a tonic air of spontaneity. Naturalness in diction suited…
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…situations; and in, for example, Don Gil de las calzas verdes (1635; “Don Gil of the Green Stockings”), he manipulates a complex, rapidly moving plot with exhilarating vitality. His tragedies and comedies are both famous for their clowns, whose wit has a tonic air of spontaneity. Naturalness in diction suited…
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