PEL Players Perform "La Vida Es Sueño" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

May 27, 2019, 04:06 PM

Your hosts are joined by real actors to do an unrehearsed read of the 1635 comedy by Calderón, using Stanley Appelbaum's 2002 translation. Ep. 217 will cover the philosophical issues the play raises.

Recorded in NYC on 4/7: Talene Monahon (Rosaura), David Epstein (Segismundo), Bill Youmans (Clotaldo), Erica Spyres (Estrella), Chris Martin (Basilio), Mark Linsenmayer (Clarín), Seth Paskin (Astolfo), Dylan Casey (soldier 1 and servant 1), and Wes Alwan (soldier 2 and servant 2).

Music by Jonathan Segel, as interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #38.

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