Elio Cruz

{{Short description|Gibraltarian playwright (1931–2019)}}

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Elio Cruz (1931 – 14 June 2019) was a Gibraltarian playwright, who composed both in English and in Llanito. Cruz co-founded the Theatre Group 56 with Luis Azzopardi and Cecil Gomez. Cruz penned two of the most successful plays staged in Gibraltar: La Lola se va pa Londre and Connie con cama camera en el comedor, both in the 1960s.{{cite web|url=http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/anuario/anuario_05/yborra/p02.htm#np59|title=La creación literaria en Gibraltar|author=José Juan Yborra Aznar|publisher=Instituto Cervantes|language=Spanish|accessdate=2012-12-23}}

Cruz died on 14 June 2019 at the age of 87.[https://www.gbc.gi/news/gibraltarian-artist-elio-cruz-has-died-aged-87 Gibraltarian artist Elio Cruz has died aged 87]