Alfonso Paso

Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil. Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusing on American History and Archeology. Later he studied Medicine and Psychiatry, then switching again, this time to journalism. He married Evangelina Jardiel, daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952). Their children included the actress . Although he often worked as an actor, his more lasting notability results from his work as a writer. He died of liver cancer in Madrid on 10 July 1978. ==Writing career==

His first comedy, "Un tic-tac de reloj" ("A ricking clock") was a one-act play which he wrote in 1946. During his early years as a dramatist he was identified as a promoter of experimental theatre, Another of his plays, Que casado casa quiere, is best known as the basis of the long-running Mexican television series Una familia de diez. A particular admirer was the actor-director , who found large audiences for his work on Chilean and Peruvian television during the 1970s and early 1980s. ==Output==

Theatre (some better known works) • Juicio contra un sinvergüenza (1952) • Una bomba llamada Abelardo (1953) • Los pobrecitos (1957) • El cielo dentro de casa (1957) • Usted puede ser un asesino (1958, llevada al cine) • Papá se enfada por todo (1959) • No hay novedad, Doña Adela (1959) • La boda de la chica (1960) • Pregunta por Julio César (1960) • Cuidado con las personas formales (1960) • Cosas de papá y mamá (1960) • Cuatro y Ernesto (1960) • Sentencia de muerte (1960) • Una tal Dulcinea (1961) • Vamos a contar mentiras (1961) • Aurelia y sus hombres (1961, Premio Nacional de Teatro) • Los derechos de la mujer (1962) • Al final de la cuerda (1962) • De profesión, sospechoso (1962) • Las que tienen que servir (1962) • El mejor mozo de España (1962) • Sosteniendo el tipo (1962) • El canto de la cigarra (1963) • Las mujeres los prefieren pachuchos (1963) • La corbata, (1963) • Los Palomos (1964, llevada al cine) • Carmen tomó la roja, (1964) • La oficina (1965) • Educando a un idiota (1965) • Enseñar a un sinvergüenza (1966) • ¡Estos chicos de ahora! (1967) • Atrapar a un asesino (1968) • ¡Cómo está el servicio! (1968) • Viuda ella, viudo él (1968) • Una monja (1968) • El armario (1969) • Nerón-Paso (1969) • Tú me acostumbraste (1970) ==References==