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See also: Spanish dramatist and poet, was See also: born at See also: Madrid about the beginning of the 17th century
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He entered the See also: household of the duke de See also: Albuquerque, and after some years of service in the army received the See also: order of See also: Santiago in 1648
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He was a favourite of See also: Philip IV., who is reported to have collaborated with him; this rumour is not confirmed, but there is ample proof of Coello's collaboration with Calderon, Rojas Zorrilla,
See also: Solis and Velez de Guevara, the most distinguished dramatists of the age
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The best of his See also: original plays, Los Empenos de leis horas, has been wrongly ascribed to Calderon; it was adapted by See also: Samuel See also: Tuke, under the title of The Adventures of five See also: Hours, and was described by See also: Pepys as See also: superior to Othello
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It is an excellent example of stagecraft and animated See also: dialogue
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Coello died on the loth of See also: October 1652, shortly after his nomination to a See also: post in the household of Philip IV
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