Blood and Sand is a play in four acts by Tom Cushing. It is based on Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's 1908 Spanish-language novel Sangre y arena (English: Blood and Sand).[1] Both the novel and Cushing's play were the basis for the 1922 silent film Blood and Sand starring Rudolph Valentino.[2] 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.[2]