When the Spaniards Were Here
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| When the Spaniards Were Here | |
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.png) Costume drawing by Edvard Lehmann for the play: Two Spanish soldiers | |
| Written by | Hans Christian Andersen |
| Date premiered | 6 April 1865 |
| Place premiered | Royal Danish Theatre, Denmark |
| Original language | Danish |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | Middelfart |
When the Spaniards Were Here (Da Spanierne var her) is a romantic, comic play by Hans Christian Andersen. It premiered on the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen on 6 April 1865, just a few days after the celebration of Andersen's 60th birthday.
Andersen's first childhood memory involved Spanish soldiers on Funen. The first time they appear in his writings is in the poem Soldaten (The Soldier) from 1830. The male protagonist of his play Skilles og mødes was also a Spanish soldier.[1] In 1835. Andersen wrote a vaudeville titled Spanierne i Odense (The Spaniards in Odense) which never premiered. In 1865, he adapted it into the play When the Spaniards Were Here, changing the setting from Odense to Middelfart.[2]
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