Ramón de la Cruz
Illustration — Bust of Ramón de la Cruz in Madrid (L. Coullaut, 1913) Ramón de la Cruz (28 March 1731 – 5 March 1794) was a Spanish neoclassical dramatist. Ramón de la Cruz was born in Madrid, he was a clerk in the ministry of finance. He is the author of nearly 400 sainetes, little farcical sketches of city life, written to be played between the acts of a longer play.
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Ramón de la Cruz

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- Ramón de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla.
- Born
- 1731 · Madrid.
- Died
- 1794 · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- writer · librettist · playwright
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Bust of Ramón de la Cruz in Madrid (L. Coullaut, 1913) Ramón de la Cruz (28 March 1731 – 5 March 1794) was a Spanish neoclassical dramatist. Ramón de la Cruz was born in Madrid, he was a clerk in the ministry of finance. He is the author of nearly 400 sainetes, little farcical sketches of city life, written to be played between the acts of a longer play.
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He published a selection in ten volumes (Madrid, 1786–1791). The best of his pieces, such as Las Tertulias de Madrid, are specimens of satiric observation. Historians acknowledge that his writings provide a vivid window into the life of late 18th century Madrid, including satirizing the customs of the different classes of the city.
Ramón de la Cruz was recorded at birth as Ramón de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla. The authorities additionally record the heading Ramon de la Cruz. His recorded language was Spanish.

Don Ramón de la Cruz y sus obras; ensayo biográfico y bibliográfico por Cotarelo y Mori, Emilio, 1857-1936
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1731
Ramón de la Cruz born at Madrid.
1786
Teatro, ó, coleccion de los saynetes: Y demas obras dramaticas de D. Ramon de la Cruz y Cano (1786) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1794
Ramón de la Cruz died at Madrid.
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- Sainetes, Madrid, 1877.
- Teatro selecto de don Ramón de la Cruz, Madrid, 1882.
- Sainetes de Don Ramón de la Cruz, en su mayoria inéditos. Colección ordenada por D. Emilio Cotarelo y Mori, Madrid, Casa Editorial Bailly Bailliere, coll. « Nueva Biblioteca de Autores Españoles » ( 26), 1915-1928, 2 vol.
- Georges Cirot, « Une des imitations de Molière par Ramón de la Cruz », Revue de littérature comparée, vol. III, 1923, .
- Emilio Cotarelo, Don Ramón de la Cruz y sus obras : ensayo biográfico y bibliográfico, 1899.
- Mireille Coulon. La sainete à Madrid à l'époque de don Ramón de la Cruz. Presses universitaires de Pau. 1993.
- Mireille Coulon, « Ramón de la Cruz et le mythe des Amazones », Bulletin hispanique, vol. 111, 1989, .
- Sonia Otero Pereira. La ilustración de los "sainetes" de Ramón de la Cruz en el siglo XIX : la edición popular de J. M. Faquineto (1882). Servizo de Publicacións da Universidade de Vigo. 2016. 978-84-8158-710-4.
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