by Pedro Calderón de la Barca · Diario El País, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498150049
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«El alcalde de Zalamea» is the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, published by El País in paperback (127 pages, in Spanish).
Set in rural 17th-century Spain, the play pits Pedro Crespo, a farmer turned mayor, against a captain who has dishonoured his daughter. The conflict between personal honour and institutional justice sustains a reflection on power and peasant dignity.
The play was originally published in 1651; this 2005 edition is part of El País's Clásicos Españoles collection (no. 18).
Edition designed for students and readers approaching the classics of Spanish theatre, with annotations that facilitate reading.
Spanish Golden Age playwright, author of Life Is a Dream, The Mayor of Zalamea and many autos sacramentales.
