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Loading... The Phantom Lady (1629)by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This play had a slightly different twist on the standard Renaissance plots. Yes, there is a lady being kept away from all men by the men who are in charge of her. Yes, there is a potential lover and his servant, as well as servants of the lady, to bring comedy relief. But the solution to the age-old problem is a bit unique, and as is often the case in these plays, demonstrates a great deal of cleverness on the part of the women in seeking relief from their position. An enjoyable piece, and a quick read on a Sunday afternoon. ( ) A typical sword-fighting comedy of the Spanish Baroque, where people lived between dream and reality. In my school days it was tradition to represent in the dark weeks before Christmas a play like this. One of my classmates later on became an actor. He started his career as an extra in one of Richard Lester’s sword and sandal movies. no reviews | add a review
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Es una comedia de ambiente urbano que narra una historia coetánea al espectador del siglo XVII. En ella se dan cita el amor, los celos y las reglas del código del honor, junto con abundantes guiños cómicos, equívocos, simulaciones y enredos, que la convierten en una obra divertida para un lector o espectador actual.La pareja protagonista de la historia la componen doña Ángela y don Manuel. Toda la acción gira en torno a las tretas que inventa doña Ángela para intentar burlar la pesada vigilancia de sus hermanos y poder disfrutar de libertad para moverse a su antojo. It is an urban comedy that tells a contemporary story to the viewer of the seventeenth century. In it love, jealousy and the rules of the code of honor come together, along with abundant comic winks, misunderstandings, simulations and entanglements, which make it a fun work for a current reader or spectator. It is made up of Doña Angela and Don Manuel. All the action revolves around the tricks that Doña Ángela invents to try to evade the heavy surveillance of her brothers and be able to enjoy the freedom to move at will. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)862.3Literature Spanish, Portuguese, Galician literatures Spanish drama Spanish Golden Age (1499-1681)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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