Juan Lombía (1806 in Zaragoza – 1851 in Madrid) was a Spanish actor, author and theatre

impresario An impresario (from the Italian ''impresa'', "an enterprise or undertaking") is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer. Hist ...

. As an author, he is only remembered today for his 1808 ''El sitio de Zaragoza,'' a one-act prologue dedicated to the

Dos de Mayo Uprising On the 2 and 3 May 1808 the Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising of 1808 took place in Madrid, Spain. It was a rebellion by civilians alongside some military against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a heavy-hand repress ...

. As impresario at

Teatro de la Cruz The Teatro de la Cruz was, during its nearly 200-year existence, the principal theater for comedy in Madrid. History Founded by the Hermandad de la Soledad in 1584, it soon became the premier venue of its time for Spanish comedy. In 1743, it was ...

, he was responsible for the staging of numerous works by

José Zorrilla José Zorrilla y Moral () was a Spanish poet and dramatist, who became National Laureate. Biography Zorrilla was born in Valladolid to a magistrate in whom Ferdinand VII placed special confidence. He was educated by the Jesuits at the Real Se ...

, among them

Don Juan Tenorio ''Don Juan Tenorio: Drama religioso-fantástico en dos partes'' (Don Juan Tenorio: Religious-Fantasy Drama in Two Parts) is a play written in 1844 by José Zorrilla. It is the more romantic of the two principal Spanish-language literary interpr ...

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1806 births 1851 deaths Spanish male stage actors Artists from Zaragoza 19th-century Spanish male actors 19th-century Spanish businesspeople {{Spain-artist-stub