Synopsis
Calderon Plays 1 - The Surgeon of Honour & Life is a Dream & Three Judgements in One
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Pedro Calderon de la Barca trans Gwynne Edwards
Published by Methuen
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In recent years, the English-language theatre has rediscovered
Calderón 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 translations
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, Calderón's most famous play
And Three Judgements in One, less well-known but one of his finest works
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"Calderon excels all modern dramatists with the exception of Shakespeare, whom he resembles in the depth of thought and subtlety of his writings" ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley