Calderon Plays 1 - The Surgeon of Honour; Life is a Dream; Three Judgements in One

In recent years, the English-language theatre has rediscovered Calderon and a number of highly successful productions have been staged. These translations by Gwynne Edwards capture the ferocious spirit of his work in sharp and speakable translation The three plays included here represent Calderon''s most celebrated work, in which he explores the extent of man''s freedom in a hierarchical society often bound by anachronistic codes of conduct. The plays are The Surgeon of Honour, described by Michael Billington as ''one of the most disquieting plays in all world drama ... a dark masterpiece'', Life is a Dream, Calderon''s most famous play, and Three Judgements in One, less well-known but one of his finest works. "Calderon excels all modern dramatists with the exception of Shakespeare, whom he resembles in the depth of thought and subtlety of his writings" (Shelley)

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Pedro Calderon De La Barca

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• Authors: Pedro Calderon De La Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Pedro Edwards Calderon De La Barca, Pedro Calderon De La Barca, Gwynne Edwards
• Assisted by: Gwynne Edwards (Translation)
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.1991
• EAN: 9780413634603
• ISBN: 978-0-413-63460-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 178 mm x 20 mm
• Series: World Classics; Methuen World Classics; World Classics; Methuen World Classics
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama