The Great Theatre of the World

Name: The Great Theatre of the World
Author: Pedro Calderón de la Barca

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Allegorical auto sacramental depicting the drama of human existence

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spain's greatest Baroque dramatist, Calderón wrote over 200 plays combining theological complexity with spectacular stagecraft. Life Is a Dream is one of the masterpieces of world theater, exploring identity, free will, and illusion. He later became a priest and wrote elaborate sacramental plays.

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