Rojas Zorrilla, Francisco De
Related Category: Spanish and Portuguese Literature: Biographies
(fränthē´skō dā rō´häs thôrē´lyä), 1607–48, Spanish dramatist. He created a new type of
comedia de gracioso, enlarging the role of the gracioso, or buffoon, to include a variety of fools taken from real life. Of the 40 to 45 plays attributed to him, the best known is the drama of honor
Del rey abajo ninguno [none beneath the king] (1650). Rojas Zorrilla's plots were borrowed by others, including Corneille and Le Sage.
