The Three-Cornered Hat (novel)

The Three-Cornered Hat () is a novel written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón in 1874. The story of a magistrate infatuated with a miller's faithful wife is set in the province of Granada.

The piece should be classified as a short story and it contains popular tradition with a linear plot line. The novel has a theatrical format and it has been compared with the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quijote.

Adaptations

The best -known adaptation is probably the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat with music by Manuel de Falla.

The Three-Cornered Hat has been adapted into:

• A musical comedy by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz called Revenge with Music (1934),\
• An opera composed by Riccardo Zandonai called La farsa amorosa (1933)
• An opera composed by Hugo Wolf called Der Corregidor., A Musical Comedy version by Bob Beare and Young Smith was produced by Main Street Theatre in Houston in 2002.

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