La vida es sueño (Play)

Variants: Life is a Dream (English), Livet er en Drøm (Danish), La vie est un songe (French), and Livet en Drøm (Danish)

VerseSpanish Golden AgeAllegoryDrama/SchauspielComedyTragi-comedySpanish
Published in: Spain
Place represented: Poland
VIAF: 179002263
ISNI:

Contributors

PersonFunctions
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Playwright

Links

LinkTypeNotes
Full text (Spanish)Text

Important years

Original publication First performance
1636 CE1635 CE

Acts / scenes

Acts
3

Characters

Character NameGenderTypeDescription
RosauraFemaleCross-dress, daughter, nobility/aristocracy
ClarinMaleFool, servant
SegismundoMaleprince/princess, son
BasilioMalesovereign/king, father
ClotaldoMaleold man, friend, nobility/aristocracy
AstolfoMaleprince/princess, nephew/niece
EstrellaFemaleprince/princess, nephew/niece
Criado 1Male
Criado 2MaleCourtier
[Criado 2B]MaleCourtier
Soldado 1Malemilitary
SoldadosMalemilitary, extras
[Ladies in waiting 1]Femalelady-in-waiting, extras, non-speaking character
[Ladies in waiting 2]Femalelady-in-waiting, extras, non-speaking character

Notes

Danish translation: https://www.kb.dk/e-mat/dod/115608024904.pdf

Productions of this work

La vida es sueño by The Royal Danish Theatre (1838 AD)

Performances

DatePlace
1838-11-20 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv
1838-11-24 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv
1838-11-30 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv
1838-12-03 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv
1838-12-06 CERoyal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv

Works

Title
La vida es sueño

Organisations

Organisation nameAliasesVIAFISNINotes
The Royal Danish Theatre

Contributors

PersonFunctions
Sille Beyer
Translator