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 dishonored his daughter. The conflict between personal honor 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 theater, with annotations that facilitate reading.
Dramaturgo español del Siglo de Oro, autor de La vida es sueño, El alcalde de Zalamea y numerosos autos sacramentales.
