Agustín Moreto y Cavana (April, 1618 - October 28, 1661), was a Spanish dramatist and playwright. April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ...

His exact date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized at Madrid on April 9 1618. He graduated at Alcalá in December 1639, and lived in Madrid till 1654, when he moved to Toledo, took orders, and became chaplain to the primate Baltasar de Moscoso y Sandoval. He died at Toledo, while engaged on Santa Rosa, a play which was completed by Pedro Francisco Lanini. The first volume of his dramas was published in 1654; the second and third volumes appeared in 1676. Coat of arms The Plaza de España square Madrid, the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25′ N 3°45′ W. Population of the city of Madrid proper was 3,093,000 (Madrilenes, madrileños) as of 2003 estimates. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... Alcalá is a Spanish placename originally from Arabic al-qalat, the castle. Alcalá de Guadaira, Spain Alcalá de Henares, Madrid See also Alcántara and Alcázar, other Spanish placenames of Arabic origin. ... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... For other meanings: see Toledo (disambiguation) The façade of Toledo cathedral Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ...

The most celebrated of his pieces is El Desdén con el Desdén, imitated by Molière in La Princesse d'Elide, by Carlo Gozzi in La principessa filosofa, and by Schreyvogel in Donna Diana. It is characteristic that four episodes in El Desdén con el Desdén are taken from four separate plays of Lope de Vega's (La vengadora de las mujeres, Los milagros del desprecio, De corsario a corsario, and La Hermosa fea). Molière, engraved frontispiece to his Works Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, better known as Molière ( January 15, 1622 – February 17, 1673), was a French theatre writer, director and actor, one of the masters of comic satire. ... Carlo, Count Gozzi (13 December 1720 – April 4, 1806), was an Italian dramatist. ... Lope de Vega (also Félix Lope de Vega Carpio or Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) (25 November 1562 – 27 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright. ...

Moreto borrowed from Castro, Tirso de Molina and others to a considerable extent, but his adaptation shows great dexterity and charm. Tirso de Molina (October, 1571 - March 12, 1648) was a Spanish dramatist. ...

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