Life is a Dream (MacCarthy Translation)

Life Is a Dream (La vida es sueño) is a Spanish-language verse drama by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. First published in 1636, the story focuses on the fictional Sigismund, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father, King Basilius, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King. Basilius briefly frees Sigismund and allows him to take his rightful place at court, but when the prince kills a servant and attempts to rape a l