Author: Béjar Zambrano, José de (1891)

Title: El gabán de don Enrique el Doliente (ms., 1891)

Genre: theater

Age: Contemporary Age

Description: A historical drama in three acts and in verse. In the "Preliminary Note," the author states that he began writing the play in his youth, inspired by the success of José Muñoz Maldonado's eponymous story in the collection La España Caballeresca, but that, given the many plays on the subject published during those years, and his occupation with his studies and legal practice, he gradually forgot his initial intention. In 1891, he finally decided to finish the drama in December 1890. The first page bears the inscription "Málaga, March 16, 1891." There is no record of its publication or performance.

Key characters: Enrique III de Castilla. Sancho de Castilla. Fadrique de Castilla, duque de Benavente. Pedro de Castilla. Rui López de Ávalos. Juan Hurtado de Mendoza. Diego López de Estúñiga. Gómez Manrique. Pedro Tenorio. Diego Pérez Sarmiento, repostero mayor del rey. Juan García de Rojas. Fray Juan García Manrique. Per Afán de Rivera. Diego Hurtado, conde de Niebla. Duque de Medinaceli. Juan de Hinestrosa.

Resources:

• • • • • • Text: manuscript la Biblioteca del Institut del Teatre.
          • Media:
            • Ribao Pereira, Montserrat. Los dramas decimonónicos del rey doliente.
            • Ribao Pereira, Montserrat. El interés romántico por los primeros Trastámara castellanos.
          • Links:
            • Fernando Suárez Bilbao y María Teresa Martialay Sacristán, Enrique III el Doliente. Historia Hispánica. Real Academia de la Historia.
            • RTVE. Memoria de España. La época de las tragedias (1348-1485).

Montserrat Ribao Pereira (Universidad de Vigo). Citation