[2] According to his birth registration he was the son of the businessman Alejandro Saénz Díez and his future wife, Carlota María Petra Serra Ortega.

[5] The play had its stage premier the same year and achieved success with audiences, although Serra did not succeed in establishing his own theatre company.

[2] Serra participated in the Spanish Revolution of 1854 joining the generals Dulce, Ros de Olano and O'Donnell on 28 June 1854.

[5] On 24 February 1878 the city council named a street after him, the "calle de Narciso Serra", in Madrid's Pacífico quarter.

[10] Evaluated in the context of the Alta comedia tradition, which peaked during the third quarter of the nineteenth century, at least one commentator believes that Serra is among those who have been "unjustifiably forgotten",[9] although while he was alive, at the height of his career, he enjoyed prestige and success.

[7] His dramatic output received positive reviews from writers such as Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano and Francisco Miquel y Badía.