Catalog > Fiction > Lyrics / Drama > Drama > Pedro Calderon de la Barca: Life Is a Dream (PDF)

Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Life Is a Dream [PDF ebook]

Support

Cover of Pedro Calderon de la Barca: Life Is a Dream (PDF)

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.

€4.25

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 132 ● ISBN 9781775569831 ● Translator Denis Florence MacCarthy ● Publisher The Floating Press ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6682750 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

24,306 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Theatre Ad Infinitum & Nir Paldi: Bucket List

Theatre Ad Infinitum & Nir Paldi: Bucket List

Bucket List tells the story of the fight for justice against the effects of the corrupt capitalist regime in Mexico affecting some of the world”s poorest and most defenceless people. When her mother …

Cover of G. P. R James: Richelieu A Tale of France Vol. II

G. P. R James: Richelieu A Tale of France Vol. II

"Richelieu: A Tale of France Vol. II" by G. P. R. James continues the gripping historical fiction narrative begun in the first volume. Set in 17th-century France, this installment delves de …

Cover of David Dwight Wells: Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy

David Dwight Wells: Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy

"Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy" delves into the intricate and often perilous world of contemporary international relations. The novel explores the complex realm of diplomacy, w …

Cover of Charles Whitworth: Gammer Gurton''s Needle

Charles Whitworth: Gammer Gurton”s Needle

Published in 1575 and acted at Christ”s College, Cambridge, probably as early as King Edward VI”s reign, the drama of Grandma Gurton and her lost sewing needle, which is finally retrieved from the …

Cover of Robert Watt: Shakespeare''s History Plays

Robert Watt: Shakespeare”s History Plays

Shakespeare”s history plays are central to his dramatic achievement. In recent years they have become more widely studied than ever, stimulating intensely contested interpretations, due to their rel …

Cover of Linda (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) Charnes: Hamlet''s Heirs

Linda (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) Charnes: Hamlet”s Heirs

Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orthodox, Linda Charnes’ provocative study of Shakespear …

Cover of Jean E. Howard & Scott Cutler Shershow: Marxist Shakespeares

Jean E. Howard & Scott Cutler Shershow: Marxist Shakespeares

Marxist Shakespeares uses the rich analytic resources of the Marxist tradition to look at Shakespeare”s plays afresh. The book offers new insights into the historical conditions within which Shakesp …

Cover of Elizabeth Mazzola: Learning and Literacy in Female Hands, 1520-1698

Elizabeth Mazzola: Learning and Literacy in Female Hands, 1520-1698

Focusing on the unusual learning and schooling of women in early modern England, this study explores how and why women wrote, the myriad forms their alphabets could assume, and the shape which vernac …

Cover of The 24 Hour Plays: The 24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues

The 24 Hour Plays: The 24 Hour Plays Viral Monologues

Since 1995 The 24 Hour Plays have been responding to theatre in the moment. As the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic brought an end to live theatre in the USA and Europe, the company sprang to work to keep t …

Cover of Lurana Sheldon: For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store

Lurana Sheldon: For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store

"For Gold or Soul?: The Story of a Great Department Store" by Lurana Sheldon is a compelling drama that delves into the world of business, entrepreneurship, and society’s moral fabric. Set …