Author: Díez Barrio, Germán

Title: El gabán del rey (2005)

Genre: theater

Age: Contemporary Age

Description: Díez Barrio, Germán (2005), El gabán del rey, Madrid, CCS. Published by the editorial CCS, in the series of children’s and youth theatre Galería del Unicornio, it is a drama aimed at an audience from fifteen years old. El gabán del rey is a historical text, a rewrite of the legend of Enrique III’s mantle which mixes realism with esperpento and comicalness (Díez Barrio 2005: 4). This drama makes a sharp critique of moral corruption and the abuse of power, which are detrimental to the weakest people

Key characters: Don Enrique III el Doliente. Doña Catalina. Page 1. Page 2. Archbishop of Toledo. Duke of Benavente. Marquis of Villena. Don Alonso de Guzmán. Count of Medinaceli. Count of Trastámara. Butler. The Lady.

MULIER: Catalina de Lancaster

Resources:

• • • • • • Study:
            • Gómez Alonso, Alejandra Fátima (2021), “Del gabán del rey al rey solito. Enrique III el Doliente al servicio de la infancia”.
          • Additional bibliography.
          • Media:
            • Gómez Alonso, Alejandra Fátima. Pedagogical rewritings of the legend of Henry III, 20th and 21st centuries.
          • Links:
            • Real Academia de la Historia. Enrique III.
            • RTVE. Memoria de España. La época de las tragedias (1348-1485).
            • RTVE. Mujeres en la Historia. Catalina de Lancaster.

• Alejandra Fátima Gómez Alonso. Citation.