Astracán
Astracán (also: Astracanada) is a sub-form of comedy that enjoyed great popularity in Spain during the first third of the 20th century.
As a comic genre, the Astracán aims to make the audience laugh at all costs. Action and people are illustrations in the style of wit designed, fun stuff, puns and linguistic contortions used.
The name, introduced after 1900, initially stood for coarse jokes or pun in the comic theater of the time, then in general for popular comedy with dodgy situations in the style of Pedro Muñoz Seca (1881-1936) or Enrique García Álvarez (1873-1931). The piece El último bravo , written jointly by both authors, led to a polemic among the critics on the occasion of its premiere in 1917, which was to result in a salutary debate about the state of Spanish theater.
Another example is Pedro Muñoz Seca's play La venganza de Don Mendo , which was filmed by Fernando Fernán Gómez .