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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