Juan Lombía Explained

Juan Lombía (1806 in Zaragoza  - 1851 in Madrid) was a Spanish actor,[1] author and theatre impresario. As an author, he is only remembered today for his 1808 El sitio de Zaragoza, a one-act prologue dedicated to the Dos de Mayo Uprising.[2] As impresario at Teatro de la Cruz, he was responsible for the staging of numerous works by José Zorrilla, among them Don Juan Tenorio.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rafael González Cañal, Almudena García González, Felipe B. Pedraza Jiménez. Rojas Zorrilla en escena. 2008. Univ de Castilla La Mancha. 978-8484276326. 76.
  2. Book: Demange, Christian. El dos de mayo: mito y fiesta nacional, 1808-1958. 2004. Marcial Pons Historia. 8495379732. 80.
  3. Book: Gies, David Thatcher. El teatro en la España del siglo XIX. 1996. Ediciones Akal. 0521478367. 113.

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