Keep Your Own Secret

Name: Keep Your Own Secret
Author: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
ISBN: 9781787367456

Author: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Language: English
Length: 60 pages
ISBN: 9781787367456
Published: 20 August 2023
Imprint: Sovereign

Spanish play
disguise
love triangles
gender roles
identity
honor
mistaken identities
societal constraints
personal truths
witty dialogue

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Description

"Keep Your Own Secret" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca is a Spanish play. Rosaura disguises herself as a man to escape a vengeful suitor, leading to tangled love triangles. Calderón delves into themes of gender roles, identity, and honor. Amidst humor and mistaken identities, the play unveils society's constraints and personal truths. Through witty dialogue and theatrical twists, it underscores the complexity of relationships and self-discovery, making it a compelling exploration of human nature.

Author

Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer of the Golden Age. He is regarded as one of Spain's foremost playwrights, best known for his philosophical drama Life Is a Dream and his many autos sacramentales. Appointed court dramatist to Philip IV, he later became a priest, yet continued to write plays that blended theology, allegory, and spectacle with lasting theatrical power.

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