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

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

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

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. As impresario at

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

, he was responsible for the staging of numerous works by

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, 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 (theatre), play written by José Zorrilla and produced in 1844. It is the most romantic of the two principal Span ...

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