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Harvard Classics, Vol. 26, Part 1
And, whether wake or dreaming, this I know / How dream-wise human glories come and go.
Act. III. Scene 2.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Harvard Classics, Vol. 26, Part 1

Life Is a Dream

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Calderon spins a metaphysical tale about Segisimund, who is imprisoned by his father, the King, because it is prophesied that Segisimund would become a tyrant. One day the King relents and Segisimund awakens from his nightmare to find himself crown prince. His actions prove the prophesy correct, and he is banished once again, where he convinces himself that everything that has happened to him is but a dream. He subsequently escapes and learns to rule wisely.

Bibliographic Record Dramatis Personæ

Contents

TRANSLATED BY EDWARD FITZGERALD

NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Introductory Note
Act I
Scene I
Scene II
Act II
Scene I
Act III
Scene I
Scene II