Luis Quiñones de Benavente or Luis de Benavente y Quiñones (1581 in Toledo – 1651 in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

) was a famous Spanish entremesista of the

Siglo de Oro The Spanish Golden Age ( es, Siglo de Oro, links=no , "Golden Century") is a period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain, coinciding with the political rise of the Spanish Empire under the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish Ha ...

. Jonathan Thacker ''A Companion to Golden Age Theatre'' 2007 1855661403

Works

*La maya *La honrada *Los gallos *Los sacristanes burlados *Los testimonios de los criados *El sueño del perro *La noche de San Juan = os *lang, spa, El miserable y el dotor *Las manos y cuajares *Las calles de Madrid *El invierno y el verano *Los escuderos y el lacayo *El talego-niño *El negrito hablador *El tiempo *El alcalde del corral *El borracho, *El barbero *El burlón *La verdad *La puente segoviana I to II *El tío Bartolomé *La casa al revés *El soldado - staged by Tomás Fernández in 1634–5 **El mundo - another version of El Soldado **El mundo al revés - revision of El Soldado first published in ''Entremeses nuevos'' Zaragoza 1643. *La visita de la cárcel *El enfermo *Las nueces *Los pareceres *Don Satisfecho, el moño y la cabellera - written after 1627 *Zapatanga *El botero El cuero *El mago - co-produced by Tomás Fernández and Pedro de la Rosa in 1637 *Los vocablos El bigote *El Martinillo I & II *Las cuentas del desengaño *La paga del mundo *El poeta de bailes *La iglesia y el celo

References

1581 births 1651 deaths {{Spain-writer-stub