Taking Calder???n de la Barca's La Vida es Sueno as its point of departure, Oscar Mandel's dream-play is a fiery exploration of the corrupting moral effect of power. The setting is a mythical Poland in a mythical seventeenth century. Readers will be particularly interested in the play's affinity with Calder???n's masterpiece, Austrian Franz Grillparzer's Der Traum ein Leben , and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Der Turm . In the remarks following the play, the author discusses its genesis, his opposition to minimalist and ...
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Taking Calder???n de la Barca's La Vida es Sueno as its point of departure, Oscar Mandel's dream-play is a fiery exploration of the corrupting moral effect of power. The setting is a mythical Poland in a mythical seventeenth century. Readers will be particularly interested in the play's affinity with Calder???n's masterpiece, Austrian Franz Grillparzer's Der Traum ein Leben , and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Der Turm . In the remarks following the play, the author discusses its genesis, his opposition to minimalist and realist drama, and the relation of Sigismund to the plays mentioned above.
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