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La vida es sueño (1635), Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Life is a Dream, translated by Nilo Cruz

Productions

Life is a Dream, translated by Harley Erdman

Productions

Life is a Dream (1873), translated by Denis Florence McCarthy

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1873. Life is a Dream, trans. Denis Florence McCarthy. In Calderón’s Dramas, pp. 1-116. London, Henry S. King

Life is a Dream (1928), translated by H. Carter

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1928. Life is a Dream, trans. H. Carter. Sanderstead, H. Carter

Life is a Dream (1958), translated by William E. Colford

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1958. Life is a Dream, trans. William E. Colford. Woodbury, New York, Barron’s

Life is a Dream (1959), translated by Roy Campbell

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1959 (original translation)/ 1985 (publication). Life is a Dream, trans. Roy Campbell. In Life is a Dream and Other Spanish Classics, ed. Eric Bentley, pp. 219-92. New York, Applause

Life is a Dream (1970), translated by Edwin Honig

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1970. Life is a Dream, trans. Edwin Honig. New York, Hill and Wang

Life is a Dream (1991), translated by Gwynne Edwards

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1991. Life is a Dream, trans. Gwynne Edwards. In Calderón, Plays, vol. 1, pp. 101-200. London, Methuen

Productions

Life is a Dream (1998), translated by John Clifford

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1998. Life is a Dream, trans. John Clifford. London, Nick Hern

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Life Is a Dream (2002), translated by Stanley Appelbaum

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 2002. Life Is a Dream / La vida es sueño, trans. Stanley Appelbaum. New York, Dover

Life Is a Dream (2006), translated by Gregary Racz

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 2006. Life Is a Dream (La vida es sueño), trans. Gregary J. Racz. New York, Penguin. Reprinted (2009) in The Norton Anthology of Drama, vol. 1, pp. 1157-1232. New York and London, W. Norton & Co.

Productions

Life Is a Dream (2009), translated by Helen Edmundson

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 2009. Life is a Dream, trans. Helen Edmundson. London, Nick Hern

Productions

Life Is A Dream (2008), translated by Rick Davis

Editions
  • Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 2008. Calderón de la Barca: Four Great Plays of the Golden Age, trans. Rick Davis. Lyme, NH, Smith and Kraus

Samples

Life's a Dream (2004), translated by Michael Kidd

Editions
  • Calderón de la Barca, Pedro. 2004. Life’s a Dream, trans. Michael Kidd. Colorado, University of Colorado Press

Characters
  • ROSSAURA, Lady
  • BUGLE, Rossaura's servant
  • VASILY, King of Poland
  • SIGISMUND, Vasily's son
  • CLOTHOLD, Elderly adviser to Vasily and Sigismund's jailer
  • AISTULF, Duke of Muscovy and cousin to Sigismund
  • STELLA, Princess of Poland and cousin to Sigismund
  • GUARDS
  • SERVANTS AND COURT ATTENDANTS
  • MUSICIANS
  • SOLDIERS
Cast number
Minimum Maximum
7 (total) 15 (total)
5 males 10 males
2 females 5 females
Samples

Life's a Dream (1925), translated by Frank Birch , J. B. Trend

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1925. Life’s a Dream, trans. Frank Birch and J. B. Trend. Cambridge, W. Heffer and Sons

Life's a Dream (1968), translated by Kathleen Raine , R. M. Nadal

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1968. Life’s a Dream, trans. Kathleen Raine and R. M. Nadal. London, Hamish Hamilton

Life's A Dream (1990), translated by Adrian Mitchell , John Barton

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1990. Life’s a Dream, adapted by Adrian Mitchell and John Barton. In Three Plays by Calderón de la Barca, pp. 91-158. Bristol, Absolute Classics (Reprinted in 1997. Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Three Plays, pp. 97-167. London, Oberon)

Productions

Life’s a Dream (1856), translated by Richard Chevenix Trench

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1856. Life’s a Dream, partially trans. Richard Chevenix Trench. In Calderón: His Life and Genius with Specimens of His Plays, pp. 117-69. New York, Redfield

Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of (1865), translated by Edward Fitzgerald

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1865 (original translation) / 2000 (publication). Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of, trans. Edward Fitzgerald. In Eight Dramas of Calderón, pp. 375-440. Urbana, University of Illinois Press

Sueño (1999), translated by José Rivera

Editions
  • Barca, Calderón de la. 1999. Sueño, adapted by José Rivera. Woodstock, Dramatic Publishing

Productions

Entry written by Kathleen Jeffs. Last updated on 31 January 2012.

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