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Lope de Rueda (d. 1565)

Rueda, Lope de (rö-ā’THä). A Spanish dramatist of the sixteenth century; born at Seville; died at Cordova. He was leader of a troupe of actors; and in the elementary state of the stage in his day, himself undertook four rôles—those of the negress, the brigand, the fool, and the Biscayan. He composed for his company a number of short pieces. His ‘Works’ (1567) comprise four comedies, notably ‘Deceptions’ and ‘Eufemia’; seven “pasos” in prose; two colloquies; and ‘The Wages of Love.’

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