Theatre review: Life is a Dream

[nick730]

Pedro Calderón de la Barca was roughly a contemporary of Shakespeare's, and in this production of Life is a Dream the Spanish playwright shows many similarities with his English counterpart (an effect helped by Helen Edmundson's blank verse translation.) Nominally set in Poland, although only about as much as Twelfth Night is set in Croatia, it's a

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[anonymous]

It is however as well-regarded in Spain (and Spanish-speaking countries) as Hamlet is here, one of their all-time classics.

[nick730]

I'm not surprised. I'd still have thought it would have a reputation over here in translation though, it's a very strong piece. (That said, the two guys sitting to my right didn't sound that impressed but I guess you can't please everyone.)