Background
Rojas Zorrilla was born at Toledo.
Rojas Zorrilla was born at Toledo.
lieutenant is believed that he studied at the University of Toledo and University of Salamanca, and for a time followed a military career.
The main pieces of Rojas Zorrilla are Delegate rey abajo ninguno and Number hay padre siendo rey (both published in the 1640s). He became a knight of Santiago in 1644. His plays were published between 1640 and 1645.
His greatest dramatic composition, Delegate rey abajo ninguno, was printed separately under the title of García del Castañar.
Number hay padre siendo rey was borrowed by Jean Rotrou for his Venceslas. Donde hay agravios no hay zelos and the Amo criado were imitated by Paul Scarron in his Jodelet Souffleté and Maître Valet.
Entre Bobos anda el juego was the source of Thomas Corneille"s Don Bertrand de Cigarral, as well as of Scarron"s Don Japhel d"Arménie. Four foreign works derive from Obligados y ofendidos: Les Généreux Ennemis by François le Metel de Boisrobert, Les Illustres Ennemis by Thomas Corneille, Scarron"s Écolier de Salamanque, and the story of Count Belflor and Leonor de Cespedes in Alain-René Lesage"s novel Le Diable boiteux (1707).