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Castro y Bellvís, Guíllen de

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Castro y Bellvís, Guíllen de (1569–1631), Spanish dramatist, chiefly remembered for his dramatization of the ballads celebrating the exploits of Spain's national hero the Cid. Las mocedades del Cid, in two parts, first published in 1618, formed the basis of Corneille's Le Cid (1637). Castro wrote a number of other plays, including many comedies in the style of his friend and contemporary Lope de Vega, and made three dramatizations of parts of Cervantes' Don Quixote of which the best concentrates on the episode of Cardenio and Lucinda.

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Guillén de Castro y Bellvís

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Guillén de Castro y Bellvís , 1569–1631, Spanish dramatist, best known of the Valencian group of playwrights of the Golden Age. Three of his plays dramatize episodes from Don Quixote. His masterpiece, Las mocedades del Cid [the youthful adventures of the Cid], is a historical drama that furnished Corneille with the material for his play Le Cid. Castro enjoyed considerable success during his lifetime.

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