Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño, uisually referred as Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo kaldeˈɾon de la ˈβarka]; 17 Januar 1600 – 25 Mey 1681), wis a dramatist, poet an writer o the Spaingie Gowden Age. During certain periods o his life he wis an aa a sodger an a Roman Catholic priest. Born when the Spaingie Gowden Age theatre wis bein defined bi Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his wark bein regairdit as the culmination o the Spaingie Baroque theatre. As such, he is regairdit as ane o Spain's foremaist dramatists an ane o the finest playwrichts o warld leeteratur.