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The Great Theater of the World

Paperback • 1645 • English

The Great Theater of the World

By Pedro Calderón

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Comedy by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, adapted by Adrian Mitchell. In the words of the adapter: "The metaphor of The Great Theatre of the World, in which God is a theatre manager, appealed to my strongly. So did the humor and the pathos and the poetic wonder of the play." We have but one entrance and one exit for our short - but important - performance on the world's stage "All you who enter the earth through a cradle, And leace it via a grave, Your Diractor is looking down today, To see how his ...Show more

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ISBN

9780871292926

Published year

1645

Language

English

Original title

The Great Theater of the World

Format

Paperback

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