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    Calderon: Three Plays

    By Pedro Calderón de la Barca, John Barton and Adrian Mitchell

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    Includes the plays: The Mayor of Zalamea, Life's a Dream, The Great Theatre of the World


    In The Mayor of Zalamea, commissioned by the Royal National Theatre, peasants’ honour clashes with military discipline. Life’s a Dream is Calderón’s most famous philosophical play. The Great Theatre of the World is an allegorical work that would originally have been performed in the street to the accompaniment of music and dancing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOberon Books
    Release dateJan 1, 1991
    ISBN9781849438391
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