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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

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

Life is a Dream is a philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life. Focusing on Segismundo, Prince of Poland, the central argument is the conflict between free will and fate. The play remains one of Calder n's best-known and most studied works.

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.

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

A new English translation of Calder?n de la Barca's classic Seventeenth Century Spanish play, "La vida es sue?o"

La vida es sue?o es una obra de teatro de Pedro Calder?n de la Barca, cuyo tema central es la libertad frente al destino. Escrita y publicada a mediados del siglo XVII, la vida es sue?o es una de la obras m?ximas de la literatura universal.

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

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

Obrar bien siempre es v lido para el hombre, aunque no pueda determinar si es verdad o ilusi n lo que vive. Ese es el meollo filos fico de esta comedia del Siglo de Oro. El protagonista reconoce que la vida misma es un sue o, porque, en esta vida, todos los hombres cumplen un... Read Full Overview

The drama contained in this volume is one of the most celebrated of all Calderon's writings. "Life Is A Dream" (in Spanish "La Vida Es Sue o), has been translated into many languages and performed with success on almost every stage in Europe but that of England. So late as the... 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

Life Is a Dream is a play by Pedro Calder?n de la Barca. First published in 1635, it is a philosophical work regarding the human situation and the great mystery of lifeAny profits generated from the sale of this book will go towards the Freeriver Community project, a project... Read Full Overview

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

A new translation of Calder n's most popular mystery.

La vida es sue?oBy Calder?n de la Barca

La obra comienza con la violenta entrada en escena de Rosaura que, disfrazada de hombre y acompa ada por el gracioso Clar n, llega a Polonia con el prop sito de probar su origen noble tras haberla abandonado Astolfo debido a su origen ileg timo. Cae de un caballo junto a una... Read Full Overview