by Pedro Calderón de la Barca · FisicalBook · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475832722
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«El alcalde de Zalamea» is the play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, published in hardcover by FisicalBook (253 pages, in Spanish).
During the war with Portugal, Spanish troops stop in Zalamea; Captain don Álvaro de Ataide lodges at the home of the wealthy farmer Pedro Crespo and seduces his daughter Isabel. To repair his honor, Crespo asks him to marry her; when he refuses, Crespo, now mayor, will dispense justice.
The work belongs to Calderón de la Barca's cycle of historical and legendary comedies and was composed in 1636.
Suitable for students of Spanish literature and readers of Golden Age classical theater.
Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño was a Spanish dramatist, poet, and writer. He is known as one of the most distinguished poets and writers of the Spanish Golden Age, especially for the many verse dramas he wrote for the theatre. Calderón has been termed "the Spanish Shakespeare", the national poet of Spain, and one of the greatest poets and playwrights in the history of world literature.
