Carlos Llopis (20 January 1913 – 6 April 1970) was the shortened name used by the Spanish dramatist Carlos Fernández Montero Llopis.^[1] He wrote around 50 comedies almost all of which were staged in Madrid and theatres across Spain and Latin America.^[2]

Biography

Llopis was born in Madrid. His parents were actors.^[2] He came from the same generation as Miguel Mihura and Enrique Jardiel Poncela. Known for original insights and agile dialogues,^[3] the tone he cultivated was one of sophisticated bourgeois comedy. The dramatist-critic Alfredo Marquerie described his style as halfway between Arniches and Jardiel.^[1] Although he was less celebrated by critics than some of his contemporaries, in his own day many of his dramas were received with much acclaim by theatre audiences.^[4]

His more memorable pieces included:

• Nosotros, ellas y el Duende (1946)
• Con la vida del otro (1947)
• ¡Oh, doctor! (1950)
• La cigüeña dijo sí (1951)
• La vida en un bloc (1952)
• ¿De acuerdo, Susana? (1955)
• El amor tiene su aquel (1955)
• En cualquier Puerta del Sol (1956)
• ¿Qué hacemos con los hijos? (1959)
• Mi mujer, el diablo y yo (1962)

Some of these were adapted as films.

Llopis also wrote libretti for several Revues, including La cuarta de A. Polo (1951) and Oriente y accidente (1952) for the comic trio Zori, Santos y Codeso.

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