Cal·de·rón de la Bar·ca (käl d -rôn d l bärk, käl  -r n lä bärkä), Pedro 1600-1681. Spanish playwright. One of the greatest dramatists of Spain's Golden Age (17th century), he wrote more than 120 plays, including Life Is a Dream (1635). |
Calderón de la Barca (Spanish) [kaldeˈron de la ˈbarka]
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(Biographies / Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (1600-1681) M, Spanish, THEATRE: dramatist) Pedro (ˈpeðro). 1600-81, Spanish dramatist, whose best-known work is La Vida es Sueño. He also wrote autos sacramentales, outdoor plays for the feast of Corpus Christi, 76 of which survive.
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