Cipriano Rivas Cherif (1891–1967) was a

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playwright and director, owner of the Caracol Theatre Club and one of the pioneering directors of the Spanish theatrical avant-garde in the early twentieth century. He was among the contributors of the Madrid-based avant-garde magazine ''

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'' published between 1908 and 1912. In 1934, he was offered the concession for the

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, a theatre in

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, by the Spanish government free-of-charge, making it possible for him to use it for his School of Art Theatre (''Teatro Escuela de Arte'').

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* 1891 births 1967 deaths Spanish male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Spanish male writers Spanish Anti-Francoists {{spain-dramatist-stub