Blood and Sand (play)

Blood and Sand is a play in four acts by Tom Cushing. It is based on Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's 1908 Spanish-language novel Blood and Sand (English: Sangre y arena). Both the novel and Cushing's play were the basis for the 1922 silent film Blood and Sand starring Rudolph Valentino. Set in Madrid, the play tells the story of a Spanish bullfighter who is betrayed by both the woman he loves and his ardent and bloodthirsty fans.