Twentieth century Spanish playwright highly honored in Spain, where his
tragedies are produced frequently. His plays have also been produced in
other European countries, but they are very seldom, if ever, performed
in the United States outside of universities. As of 2006, his plays
have never been produced on Broadway. He became famous in 1946 with the
success of his play "Historia de una escalera" (Story of a Stairway),
and followed it up in 1950 with "En la ardiente oscuridad" (In the
Burning Darkness), a play set in an institution for the blind, and in
which all but one of the characters are blind.