Lope de Vega

[ loh-pey duh vey-guh; Spanish law-pe the ve-gah ]

noun

1. Vega, Lope de.

Lope de Vega

/ ˈlope ðe ˈβeɣa /

noun

1. Lope de Vega15621635MSpanishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: novelistWRITING: poet full name Lope Felix de Vega Carpio. 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist, novelist, and poet. He established the classic form of Spanish drama and was a major influence on European, esp French, literature. Some 500 of his 1800 plays are extant

Example Sentences

He was cataloguing the plays of Lope de Vega.

From The New Yorker

He grew up going to the theater with his parents: plays by Lope de Vega, Pedro Calderón de la Barca.

From New York Times

“A lackey’s wit/turns the whole of Naples upside down,” a wily servant named Tristan exults at one point in “The Dog in the Manger,” Lope de Vega’s 17th-century comedy about love and rank.

From Washington Post

Both he and Peralto attended the ceremony and flew back to Spain ecstatic about collaborating again on “The Last Quixote,” a fictionalized riff on the author’s feud with fellow dramatist Lope de Vega.

From Washington Post

Tavern habitues who happen to be actors perform a comic scene by a successful younger writer, Lope de Vega.

From Washington Post