Some of those plays were The Gardener's Dog, All Citizens are Soldiers, and The Knight from Olmedo.
The son of an embroiderer, he was going to be a priest until he had an affair with a married woman. When their relationship ended, he wrote such vitriol against her family that he was imprisoned. His career began with poetry, but he switched to drama after the publication of The New Art of Writing Plays in This Time in 1609. Some of those plays were The Gardener's Dog, All Citizens are Soldiers, and The Knight from Olmedo. Known as The Phoenix of Spanish Wit, FTP, name this member of Spain's Golden Age who penned over 1,800 plays.
The son of an embroiderer, he was going to be a priest until he had an affair with a married woman.
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