The plan I’ve come up with is for you to speak very little, and curtly when you do, to lend ourself the air of a person of quality every so often I give you permission to beat me a little when anyone asks you a question, make a secretive reply anything you volunteer to say should be spoken solemnly, like a judge pronouncing sentence. Below, an excerpt, in which the brilliant but poor hero Crispín directs his well-dressed companion Leander to pose as a nobleman so as to gain entry to an inn.Ĭrispín: In this situation all we can do is to use our wits, and also our effrontery, because without that, wits are no good. The most famous of his plays, Los intereses creados (The Bonds of Interest ), uses puppet theater to convey a subtle allegory on the existence of evil in society. Benavente’s earliest works quickly established his reputation for witty dialogue and satire that set him apart from many of his Spanish contemporaries. Though Benavente traveled extensively throughout Europe, his plays were often centered in Madrid and dealt mainly with varying portrayals of Madrid society. Jacinto Benavente, Spanish dramatist and Nobel laureate, was born on August 12, 1866, in Madrid.
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