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Life is a Dream - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) (original 1635; edition 2009)

by translated and adapted by Nilo Cruz Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Author)

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Life is a Dream is a play about free will and fate. A king imprisons his son who, it is prophesied, will destroy the kingdom. The people believe the son to be dead, but when he is a grown man the king brings him before the public and asks them to chose his fate.

The play was written in 1635 and is the most famous work by Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

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Title:Life is a Dream - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions)
Authors:translated and adapted by Nilo Cruz Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Author)
Info:Dramatists Play Service, Inc. (2009), 72 pages
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Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1635)

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Pedro Calderón de la Barca—primary authorall editionscalculated
Gries, Johann DiederichTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hegenbarth, JosefIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Löffler, FritzAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Verspoor, DolfTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"Life Is a Dream" and Other Spanish Classics (Eric Bentley's Dramatic Repertoire Volume Two) by Eric Bentley
Continental Drama: Calderon; Corneille; Racine; Molière; Lessing; Schiller by Charles William Eliot
The Harvard Classics [50 Volume Set] by Charles William Eliot (indirect)
The Harvard Classics with Lectures [51 volumes] by Charles William Eliot (indirect)
The Harvard Classics with Lectures and Guide [52 volumes] by Charles William Eliot (indirect)
The Harvard Classics & Shelf of Fiction [71 volume set] by Charles William Eliot (indirect)
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La vida es sueño El gran teatro del mundo by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
La vida es sueño El alcalde de Zalamea by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Three Plays: The Mayor of Zalamea/Life's a Dream/The Great Theatre of the World by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Calderon de la Barca: Six Plays by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Calderon Plays: One (Life Is a Dream, The Surgeon of his Honour, Three Judgements in One) by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Tres dramas: La vida es sueño; El alcalde de Zalamea; El mágico prodigioso by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Teatro: La vita è un sogno. Il principe Costante.Il mago prodigioso. La dama folletto by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
La vida es sueo: Fuenteovejuna_ by Varios
Teatro I : El Alcalde de Zalamea. La Vida Es Sueño. El Mágico Prodigioso. El Príncipe Constante. by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Teatro by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Drammi: La vita è sogno; L'Alcalde di Zalamea; Il gran teatro del mondo by Calderón de la Barca
Pedro Calderon : die Höhepunkte seines Schaffens by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Gyvenimas – tai sapnas: dramų rinkinys by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

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Canonical title
Life Is a Dream
Original title
La vida es sueño
Alternative titles
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Das Leben ein Traum
Original publication date
1635
People/Characters
Basilio, King of Poland
Segismund (Son of Basilio, King of Poland)
Astolfo (Nephew of Basilio, King of Poland)
Estrella (Niece of Basilio, King of Poland)
Coltaldo (General in the service of Basilio, King of Poland)
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Poland
Warsaw, Poland
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There, four-footed Fury, blast
Engender'd brute, without the wit
Of brute, or mouth to match the bit
Of man--art satisfied at last?
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Drama. Fiction. HTML:

Life is a Dream is a play about free will and fate. A king imprisons his son who, it is prophesied, will destroy the kingdom. The people believe the son to be dead, but when he is a grown man the king brings him before the public and asks them to chose his fate.

The play was written in 1635 and is the most famous work by Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca.

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862.3Literature › Spanish and Portuguese › Spanish drama › Spanish Golden Age (1499-1681)

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PQ6292.V5Language and Literature › French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures › Spanish literature › Individual authors and works to 1700

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