JUAN BAUTISTA See also:

• DIAMANTE, FRA
• JUAN BAUTISTA DIAMANTE (164o ?-1684 ?)

DIAMANTE (164o ?-1684 ?)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CASTILLO

Castillo about 164o, entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, and began See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing for the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage in 1657 . He became a See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight of See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago in 166o; the date of his See also:

• DEATH

death is unknown, but no reference to him as a living author occurs after 1684 . Like many other Spanish dramatists of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, See also:

• DIAMANTE, FRA
• DIAMANTE, JUAN BAUTISTA (164o ?-1684 ?)

Diamante is deficient in originality, and his See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is riddled with affectations; La Desgraciada Raquel, which was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long considered to be his best See also:

• PLAY

play, is really Mira, de Amescua's Judia de See also:

• TOLEDO
• TOLEDO, COUNCILS OF (Concilia toletana)

Toledo under another See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title; and the earliest of Diamante's surviving pieces, El Honrador de su padre (1658), is little more than a See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille's See also:

• CID, THE

Cid . Diamante is historically interesting as the introducer of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French dramatic methods into See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain .