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of Spain. Between the end of the war and the mid-1940s, the concession of the theatre was handed over to the companies of Ana Adamuz, Nini
Montian-Guillermo Marin, Fernando Díaz de Mendoza y Guerrero-María Guerrero López. Under a ministerial order of March 1940, a national council of theatres was created with two sections: Teatro Nacional Español, staging classic authors, and
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Quintero. The ownership of the facility remained in the hands of the City Council, although the management was assumed by the Government
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made to block the sun, but not the rain. This original structure was maintained until 1735, when a new building, concluded in ten years, was erected by architect Juan
Bautista Sacchetti in cooperation with Ventura Rodríguez. At that time its name was changed from Corral del Príncipe to Teatro del
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premiered at Teatro Español. On 19 October 1975, the theatre was damaged by another fire. Its reconstruction continued until 16 April 1980, with the new production of
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