Lope de Vega

American  

[loh-pey duh vey-guh, law-pe the ve-gah] / ˈloʊ peɪ də ˈveɪ gə, ˈlɔ pɛ ðɛ ˈvɛ gɑ /

noun

1. Vega, Lope de.

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Lope de Vega British  

/ ˈlope ðe ˈβeɣa /

noun

1. 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

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Example Sentences

Lope de Vega wrote some eighteen hundred full-length plays.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

LA Escena Inaugural bilingual festival showcasing Hispanic classical theater features works by or inspired by noted Spanish-language writers including Cervantes, Lope de Vega and María de Zayas.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2018

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

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018

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 • Sep. 15, 2016

It had produced no men to charm by, save Frey Lope de Vega Carpio, Don Pedro Calderon de la Barca, and the Maestro Tirso de Molina—and they were dead.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus