Description
Five Plays: Comedies and Tragicomedies” is a collection of five plays by Federico Garcia Lorca, one of Spain’s most celebrated playwrights. The plays included in this collection are “The Shoemaker’s Prodigious Wife,” “The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden,” “The Butterfly’s Evil Spell,” “The Billy-Club Puppets,” and “The Impossible Dream.”
Each play offers a unique glimpse into Lorca’s poetic and imaginative mind, with characters that range from whimsical to tragic. The collection includes some of Lorca’s most beloved works, such as “The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden,” which tells the story of an elderly man who falls in love with a much younger woman.
The plays are presented in a translation that captures Lorca’s lyrical language and distinctive voice, making them accessible to English-speaking audiences while remaining true to the original texts. “Five Plays: Comedies and Tragicomedies” is a must-read for anyone interested in Spanish literature, drama, and poetry, and showcases Lorca’s talent for blending comedy and tragedy to create compelling works of art.
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