Definition of Tirso de Molina

1. Noun. Spanish dramatist who wrote the first dramatic treatment of the legend of Don Juan (1571-1648).

Exact synonyms: Gabriel Tellez
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tirso De Molina

Tipperary
Tippex
Tipuana
Tipulidae
Tir
Tirana
Tiranan
Tiranans
Tiraspol
Tiresias
Tirich Mir
Tirnavos
Tirol
Tironian
Tirpitz
Tirso de Molina (current term)
Tirthankara
Tiruchchirappalli
Tirzah
Tiselius apparatus
Tiselius electrophoresis cell
Tish
Tisha
Tisha b'Ab
Tisha b'Av
Tishah b'Ab
Tishah b'Av
Tishrei
Tishri
Tisiphone

Literary usage of Tirso de Molina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"Tirso de Molina Gabriel Tellez, known as Tirso de Molina, was born at Madrid probably in 1570. He was graduated from the University of Alcalá, ..."

2. History of Spanish literature by George Ticknor, Ticknor, George, 1791-1871 (1849)
"Tirso de Molina.—MIRA DE MESCUA. ... an ecclesiastic of rank, better known as Tirso de Molina,—the name under which he slightly disguised himself when ..."

3. European Theories of the Drama: An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and by Barrett Harper Clark (1918)
"Tirso de Molina Gabriel Tellez, known as Tirso de Molina, was born at Madrid probably in 1570. He was graduated from the University of Alcalá, ..."

4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The traditions concerning him have been dramatised by Tirso de Molina; thence passed into Italy and France. ..."

5. History of Spanish Literature by Friedrich Bouterwek, Thomasina Ross (1847)
"... that an express but brief notice of their merits becomes indispensable. ANTONIO DE SOUS MORETO JUAN DE HOZ Tirso de Molina FRANCISCO DE ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Tellez, GABRIEL, Spanish priest and poet, better known by his pseudonym of Tirso de Molina, b. at Madrid, c. 1571; d. at Soria, Aragón, 21 March, 1648. ..."

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