On 8 March 1933, he was present at the premiere in Madrid of García Lorca's play "Bodas de sangre". In August 1933, he was able to host performances at the Magdalena Palace in Santander by the travelling theatre company "La Barraca" that Lorca led. On 20 April 1936, he attended the launch party in Madrid for Luis Cernuda's new collection "La realidad y el deseo". and on 12 July he was present at a party in Madrid that took place just before García Lorca departed to Granada for the last time before his murder. It was there that Lorca read his new play "La casa de Bernarda Alba" for the last time.