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"Life is a Dream" is Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s most famous play and in the opinion of many the finest in the Spanish language.
First published and first produced in 1636, during the heyday of Spain’s golden age of literature, "Life is a Dream" is a play in verse that intertwines a complex family drama with a tale of honor and vengeance.
The play is brilliantly constructed with several themes intertwined: Illusion (dreams)/reality, free will/predestination, the responsibility of monarchs/the art of governing, knowledge or experience/superstition, love/vengeance, honour/dishonour, loyalty/rebellion, justice/vengeance, prudence/ instinct, father/son conflict or order/disorder.
"Life is a Dream" is set around the kingdom of Poland. A king, Basillio, is looking settle a dispute for the heir to his throne between his neice and nephew. He reveals that he has a son locked away out of fear that he would overthrow his kingdom and destroy him, which was revealed to him by the stars. He decided to give his son (Sigesmund) a chance to prove himself worthy of the throne, but fails and is sent back to isolation. He is later set free during a rebelion when soldiers discover his existance and...
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Rating★★★★ 4.1 (31.9K)
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GenreLiterary Classics, Children's Literature, Biography and Memoir
Length2 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 19, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
24Scene 12
2Persons
25Scene 13
3ACT THE FIRST
26Scene 14
4Scene 1
27Scene 15
5Scene 2
28Scene 16
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6Scene 3
29Scene 17
7Scene 4
30Scene 18
8Scene 5
31ACT THE THIRD
9Scene 6
32Scene 1
10Scene 7
33Scene 2
11Scene 8
34Scene 3
12ACT THE SECOND
35Scene 4
13Scene 1
36Scene 5
14Scene 2
37Scene 6
15Scene 3
38Scene 7
16Scene 4
39Scene 8
17Scene 5
40Scene 9
18Scene 6
41Scene 10
19Scene 7
42Scene 11
20Scene 8
43Scene 12
21Scene 9
44Scene 13
22Scene 10
45Scene 14
23Scene 11
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