Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán

Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán (1569–c. 1644) was a Spanish playwright of the Spanish Golden Age and one of the first women to write a play in Spanish. She is known for a two part play Los jardines y campos sabeos with several comic interludes. Its second print edition includes theoretical texts in which she asserts her position within the world of theatre.

Life Not much is known about the life of Feliciana Enríquez de Guzmán. She was born in Seville. It is estimated that she had to be born before 1580, as she signed a legal document as an adult in 1605 (the coming of age for women in Spain at the time was 25). Her year of death is also disputed, with likely dates being 1643–44, and is a retelling of classical mythology. The play was first shown in 1623 in Seville, with king Philip IV of Spain possibly in the audience. together with four interludes.

Enríquez de Guzmán's comic interludes were used as a basis for a 1997 theatre play Las gracias mohosas, which was staged at the Corral de Comedias de Almagro.