Pedro Pérez Fernández
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Pedro Pérez Fernández was a Spanish dramatist. Born in Seville
, he was one of the authors of comic theatre called the astracanada.
He had a special and fruitful collaboration with Pedro Muñoz Seca
(Los extremeños se tocan, 1927 http://www.acamfe.org/acamfe/autor/pmseca.htm).
He wrote stories, articles and narrations for different weekly magazines. Its theater production - of considerable volume is in most of the cases in collaboration with other humorous authors of success. He cultivated the astracanada, sainete, the comedy, the zarzuela, and the called "humorous toy", within the commercial theater. Among the authors he collaborated with are Pedro Muñoz Seca, Luis Fernandez Ardavín, Fernando Luque or Enrique Garcia Alvarez.
As his friend Pedro Muñoz Seca, he was a Nationalist sympathiser and needed to hide during the Spanish Civil War
due to the risk of being executed (as actually happened with his friend Pedro Muñoz Seca in November, 1936).
He died at Madrid
in 1956.
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, he was one of the authors of comic theatre called the astracanada.
He had a special and fruitful collaboration with Pedro Muñoz Seca
Pedro Muñoz Seca
Pedro Muñoz Seca was a Spanish comic playwright. He was one of the most successful playwrights of his era...
(Los extremeños se tocan, 1927 http://www.acamfe.org/acamfe/autor/pmseca.htm).
He wrote stories, articles and narrations for different weekly magazines. Its theater production - of considerable volume is in most of the cases in collaboration with other humorous authors of success. He cultivated the astracanada, sainete, the comedy, the zarzuela, and the called "humorous toy", within the commercial theater. Among the authors he collaborated with are Pedro Muñoz Seca, Luis Fernandez Ardavín, Fernando Luque or Enrique Garcia Alvarez.
As his friend Pedro Muñoz Seca, he was a Nationalist sympathiser and needed to hide during the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
due to the risk of being executed (as actually happened with his friend Pedro Muñoz Seca in November, 1936).
He died at Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
in 1956.