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Francisco
Ramos de Castro
(1890 -
1963) |
 Francisco
Ramos de Castro (b. Madrid 1890 - d. Madrid 4 November 1963) was immensely
popular at the time, as much for his entertaining public commentaries on early
silent films as for his theatre work. He wrote quantities of revistas
(revues) but his fame now rests on two significant collaborations with Anselmo Cuadrado Carreño – the brilliant
texts for Sorozábal's La del manojo de rosas (1934) and Alonso’s Me llaman la Presumida (1935) both of
which deal with the lives and loves of ordinary people in contemporary Madrid.
Together with Carreño and Luis Fernández
de Sevilla's earlier Los
Claveles (Serrano, 1929) they
made up a madrileño trilogy which revived the zarzuela as a comedic
reflection and critique of modern life and politics in the capital. It seems
likely that Ramos de Castro did the lion’s share of the writing of the two
texts, with his collaborator providing the benefit of his greater stage
experience. Other libretti include La boda del Señor Bringas
(also with Carreño - for Torroba, 1936) and La hechicera en
Palacio with Rigel.
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