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

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.

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

From Washington Post

The show, commissioned by GALA, opens with a claim that the novelist was done in by a prolific and popular rival, playwright Lope de Vega.

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