Four Comedies by Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Paperback
Four Comedies by Pedro Calderón de la Barca - Paperback
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by Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Author), Kenneth Muir (Translator)
Calderón, the great dramatist of Spain's Golden Age, was a skilled writer of comedy. His serious dramas have long been highly regarded in the English-speaking world, but his many sparkling comedies are an untapped reservoir for the contemporary theater. The four plays in this volume, three of which appear in English for the first time, have been translated by Kenneth Muir, the noted British scholar and director. These are comedies of intrigue. They turn on mysterious, quarrels, and jealousies,
Author Biography
Kenneth Muir (1907--1996) was a literary scholar and author, prominent in the fields of Shakespeare studies and English Renaissance theatre. He served as King Alfred Professor of English Literature at Liverpool University from 1951 to 1974.
