To Cardenio is a play written by August von Platen and published in 1919. The play is a retelling of a lost play by William Shakespeare called Cardenio, which was based on a story from Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. Platen's version follows the story of Cardenio, a young man who is in love with a woman named Luscinda. However, Luscinda's father forces her to marry another man, and Cardenio is heartbroken. He retreats to the mountains and becomes...
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