Life is a dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A play by students and staff of the Spanish sub-faculty.
April 24th – 27th at 7.30 (8pm on Friday), and matinees on Thursday and Saturday, 2.30pm.
Tickets are from the Playhouse, 01865 305305.
The undisputed flagship of Spanish Golden Age theatre and considered the peer of plays such as Hamlet and Oedipus, Life is a Dream interweaves themes of power, destiny and love. Locked up in a tower at birth by his father, Prince Segismundo’s future is doomed by a prophecy that pronounced him a disaster for the country. Now a grown man, the Prince is liberated by his father and given the chance to prove the prophecy wrong, but can he escape his fate? This classic play was recently a sell-out hit at the Donmar Warehouse, and will be performed here in Spanish, accompanied by English subtitles.
Trailer: http://vimeo.com/63316113
Website: http://www.oxfordspanishplay.com
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