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The masterwork of Spain's preeminent dramatist--now in a new verse translation Life Is a Dream is a work many hold to be the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama. Imbued with highly poetic language and humanist ideals, it is an allegory that considers contending themes... Read Full Overview

A beautiful and haunting tale of love, betrayal, knowledge, and power, Life's a Dream (La vida es sueño , 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europe's greatest dramatist, Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681). Calderón's long life witnessed both... Read Full Overview

The most famous of all Calderon's varied and romantic dramas, this seventeenth-century masterpiece by the great Spanish playwright explores the conflict between free will and predestination as it focuses on the life of Segismundo, a Polish prince imprisoned at birth by his father,... Read Full Overview

La obra emblem tica de Calder n de la Barca, La vida es sue o, una pieza clave y fundamental del Siglo de Oro, considerada una de las obras maestras del teatro espa ol de todos los tiempos.

Esta es una de las obras teatrales m s importantes del Siglo de Oro espa ol (estrenada en 1635). Relata la historia de Segismundo, el pr ncipe polaco que ha estado prisionero desde su nacimiento debido a que su padre, Basilio, crey en las predicciones astrol gicas que lo culpaban... Read Full Overview

La Vida es Sueño es una obra maestra atemporal de la literatura del Siglo de Oro español escrita por Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Esta icónica obra ahonda en los profundos temas del destino, el libre albedrío y la naturaleza de la realidad. En su núcleo se encuentra la historia... Read Full Overview

La vida es sue o de Pedro Calder n de la Barca es una obra maestra atemporal de la literatura espa ola del Siglo de Oro. Esta obra filos fica profundiza en temas del libre albedr o, el destino y la naturaleza de la realidad. Ambientada en una Polonia m tica, cuenta la historia... Read Full Overview

A product of the golden age of Spanish drama, Life Is a Dream (La vida es sue o) is the masterpiece of Pedro Calder n de la Barca (1600-1681), a contemporary of Lope de Vega and one of Spain's greatest literary figures.
Acclaimed for his superb dramatic instincts... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Life Is a Dream (Spanish: La vida es sue o is a Spanish-language play by Pedro Calder n de la Barca. First published in 1635 (or possibly in early 1636), it is a philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life. The play has been described as "the... Read Full Overview

La Vida es Sueño es una obra maestra atemporal de la literatura del Siglo de Oro español escrita por Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Esta icónica obra ahonda en los profundos temas del destino, el libre albedrío y la naturaleza de la realidad. En su núcleo se encuentra la historia... Read Full Overview

Exploring the conflict between free will and predestination, Calderon's most famous play tells of Segismundo, a Polish prince, imprisoned at birth by his father, the King, to thwart the predictions of astrologers. The dual-language edition features an excellent new literal translation... Read Full Overview

An exhilarating new version of a classic Spanish drama for the top-ranking Donmar Warehouse.

THE STORY: Astrological omens predict that if King Basilio's son Segismundo is crowned, he will become a horrible tyrant who will bring destruction to his kingdom. Basilio imprisons Segismundo for life, but decades later he decides to let his son p