ARNICHES (Y BARRERA), CARLOS

born Oct. 11, 1866, Alicante, Spain died April 16, 1943, Madrid popular Spanish dramatist of the early 20th century, best known for works in the gnero chico (lesser genre): the one-act zarzuela (musical comedy) and the one-act sainete (sketch). These plays were based upon direct observation of the customs and speech of the lower class people of Madrid. He wrote some 270 of them and was considered a master of the genre, along with the lvarez Quintero brothers. He spent the years of the Spanish Civil War (193639) in Buenos Aires and Paris.