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Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre".
Alfonso Paso Gil (Madrid, 12 de septiembre de 1926-Madrid, 10 de julio de 1978) fue un dramaturgo español, autor de sainetes dramáticos, comedias, tragedias y obras de denuncia social. Sus libretos destacaron por el humor reflejado en los diálogos y la originalidad de las situaciones y personajes.
Biography. Alfonso Paso, was born in Madrid, Spain, as Alfonso Paso Gil on the 12th September 1926. His father, Antonio Paso, was also an author and a member of the well known “Generacion del 98”. His mother, Juana Gil, was also theatrical, and very famous as an actress.
Alfonso Paso Gil, nació en Madrid el 12 de Septiembre de 1926. Hijo de Antonio Paso, autor teatral y de zarzuela, miembro de la famosa “Generación del 98”, y de Juana Gil, actriz. Se graduó en Filosofía y Letras, en la rama de Historia de América y Arqueología, en 1952, consiguiendo Premio Extraordinario.
El autor teatral español más fecundo y exitoso del Siglo XX Sus obras han sido traducidas a 30 idiomas y cuatro décadas después de su muerte siguen representándose en todo el mundo.
Paso has the world record of continuous permanence of a play on stage, 23 years, only surpassed by “The Moousetrap” of Agatha Christie, which has been 60 years in the West End of London. He is also the only author in the world to have seven plays at the same time in the one city, Madrid.
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Alfonso Paso was born on 12 September 1926 in Madrid, Spain. He was a writer and actor, known for Aquellos tiempos del cuplé (1958), Sierra maldita (1954) and La otra residencia (1970). He died on 10 July 1978 in Madrid, Spain.
