Luciano Francisco Comella (1751–1812) was a Spanish

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. Author of more than two hundred

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s, he was one of the most prolific

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of the late eighteenth century. His work is inspired by the

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and

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which were really popular at the time. Numerous of his plays emphasis on war and Spanish middle classes.

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1751 births 1812 deaths Spanish male dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Spanish journalists 18th-century Spanish male writers {{Spain-dramatist-stub