Usigli, Rodolfo

1905 - Born on November 17th in Mexico City. He was called the "Playwright of the Mexican Revolution".

1935-1936 - Studied drama at Yale with a Rockefellar scholarship.

1938 - Wrote "El Gesticulador" (The Impostor) is regarded by literary historians as the play that signaled the start of modern Mexican drama.

1951 - He wrote "The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz".

1955 - Wrote "The Devil and the Flesh".