See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

ANTONIO MIRA DE AMESCUA (1578 ?–1636 ?)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GUADIX

Guadix (See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada) about 1578 . He is said, but doubtfully, to have been the illegitimate son of one Juana See also:

• PEREZ, ANTONIO (c. 1540-1611)

Perez; he took orders, obtained a canonry at Guadix, and settled at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He is mentioned as a prominent dramatist in Rojas Villandrando's Loa (1603), which was written several years before it was published . In 161o, being then See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch-See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of Guadix, he accompanied the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count de Lemos to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples, and on his return to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain was appointed (16x9) See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to the See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal See also:

• INFANTE (Spanish and Portuguese form of Lat. infans, young child)

Infante See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria; he is referred to as still alive in See also:

• MONTALBAN, JUAN PEREZ DE (1602–1638)

Montalban's See also:

• PARA
• PARA (officially BELEM; sometimes BELEM DO PARA)

Para todos (1632), and he collaborated with Montalban and See also:

• CALDERON, RODRIGO (d. 1621), COUNT OF OLIVA AND MARQUES DE LAS SIETE IGLESIAS

Calderon in Polifemo y See also:

• CIRCE (Gr. Kiprcrl)

Circe, printed in 1634 . The date of his See also:

• DEATH

death is not known . Mira de Amescua's plays are dispersed in various printed collections, and the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of a satisfactory edition has pre-vented his due recognition . He has an evenness of See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution which indicates an See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience uncommon in Spanish playwrights; he resisted the temptation to write too much, and he unites a virile dignity of expression to impressive conception of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . Two of his plays—La Adversa See also:

• FORTUNA (FORTUNE)

fortuna de 'See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Bernado de See also:

• CABRERA, RAMON (1806-1877)

Cabrera and El ejemplo See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor de la desdicha—are respectively the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of See also:

• ROTROU, JEAN DE (1609-1650)

Rotrou's Don Bernardo de la Cabrbre and Belisaire; Moreto's Caer Para levantar is simply a recast of Mira's El Esclavo del demonio, a celebrated See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama which clearly influenced Calderon when composing La Devotion de la crux; and there is manifestly a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close relation between Mira's La See also:

• RUEDA, LOPE DE (1510?–1565?)

Rueda de la fortuna on the one See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand and See also:

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

Corneille's See also:

• HERACLIUS ('HpaeXaos) (c. 575-642)

Heraclius and Calder6n's En esta See also:

• VIDA, MARCO GIROLAMO (c. 1489-1566)

vida todo es verdad todo es mentira . A few of Mira de Amescua's plays are reprinted in the Biblioteca de autores espanoles, vol. xlv .