Life is a Dream is a play about free will and fate. A king imprisons his son who, it is prophesied, will destroy the kingdom. The people believe the son to be dead, but when he is a grown man the king brings him before the public and asks them to chose his fate.
The play was written in 1635 and is the most famous work by Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca.
Life is a Dream is a play about free will and fate. A king imprisons his son who, it is prophesied, will destroy the kingdom. The people believe the son to be dead, but when he is a grown man the king brings him before the public and asks them to chose his fate.
The play was written in 1635 and is the most famous work by Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca.