Dramatist who with Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera dominated the Spanish stage in the mid-19th century.
He was a key figure in the transition from Romanticism to Realism in Spanish literature.
The son of famous actors he wrote plays at a very early age, one of his dramas receiving its first production when he was 11.
A prolific and versatile playwright who wrote in every style and genre he had an extremely successful career in the theatre.
In 1870 he stopped writing to become director of the Biblioteca Nacional and secretary to the Spanish Academy.
His career falls into two phases: first under the influence of the German dramatist Friedrich Schiller with romantic historical dramas such as La ricahembra (1854) and Locura de amor (1855), second realistic thesis plays that denounced the evils of contemporary Spanish society-materialism (Lo positivo, 1862), dueling (Lances de honor, 1863) and tolerance of high-level corruption (Los hombres de bien, 1870).
Tamayo y Baus had an actor´s knowledge of stagecraft and was able to make his satirical comedies come to life on the stage.
His masterpiece which brought him international fame is Un drama nuevo (1867, A New Drama) a skillful and moving tragedy.
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