Juan Vélez de Guevara


Juan Crisóstomo Vélez de Guevara, son of Luis Vélez de Guevara, was, like his father, a playwright of the Spanish Golden Age.
Like his father Luis, Juan Vélez entered the service of the Duque de Veragua as a lawyer, and from there in 1642 succeeded his father as an Usher of the Royal Chamber. Well known in his day as a composer of short theatrical pieces, notably entremeses and bailes, many of them performed at the Spanish Court, Vélez junior likewise wrote and published full-length plays such as El diciembre por agosto, Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Endimión y la luna, and the zarzuela Los celos hacen estrella.
He also wrote, in collaboration, Amor vencido de Amor ; La verdad en el engaño ; the burlesque Los siete infantes de Lara ; and La cortesana en la sierra and El hidalgo de La Mancha.