 He was the son of actors and he married the daughter of the famous actor Isidoro Máiquez.He was in permanent contact with the theater and he covered a great variety of subjects in his works.He wrote classic tragedies ("Virginia"), romantic dramas ("La locura del amor", in English "The Madness of Love", about Juana la Loca), Costumbrista theater ("La bola de nieve", in English "The Snowball" and "Lo positivo", in English "The Positive") and social theater ("Incidentes de honor", in English "Incidents of Honor" and "Los hombres buenos", in English "The Good Men").