Talk:Life Is a Dream

message: Parts of it are pretty disturbing.Celsiana 18:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See this definition of comedy from the Theatre page: "Comedy: Comes from the Greek word komos which means celebration, revel or merrymaking. It does not necessarily mean funny, but more focuses on a problem that leads to some form of catastrophe which in the end has a happy and joyful outcome."   I'm not up on the history of Spanish theater, but in Elizabethan Theatre the general rule of thumb is comedy ends in a wedding and tragedy ends in a funeral.  Fitfatfighter 06:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

text: "Tragicomedy" has a completely different meaning when applied to Renaissance theatre. It melds the aspects of Tragedy and Comedy; this was especially frowned upon in countries like France where the Academy demanded very strict rules on plays. However, this play is Spanish. So, they did whatever. Sure, it ends in marriages and has humor (albeit surreal at times), but it does have those tragic and disturbing elements. I'd say labeling it Tragicomedy is fine. --Vendavel (talk) 22:48, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this play really a comedy?

message: The Plot sections are reasonable, but the Synopsis is very inaccurate and should be rewritten.--70.107.250.27 (talk) 19:20, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Synopsis 

message: Really? Declan Clam (talk) 00:48, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikiproject Philosophy 

message: Calderon De La Barca also wrote an allegorical play by the same name in 1677, which George Drance and Alfredo Galván translated into English and produced in 2000. This version should be at least mentioned in the article, or maybe there should be an additional article with a hatnote in this one. JKeck (talk) 21:18, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The 1677 autosacramental version 

message: This article desperately needs a Productions section describing the major productions of this work.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 15:08, 28 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Productions section

message: Hi.  The new character section should certainly not be above the Synopsis.  I would suggest combining it with the Synopsis by describing the characters briefly there. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:53, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Character section

message: The Birmingham opera reference is incomplete.  All references need to list title, publisher and date information.  The reference is also too general - it should be to the specific page that discusses this production. -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:40, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: More citations are needed in the Themes section. -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:24, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: Cata wrote: I rewrote that whole Synopsis section. ... I left the first paragraph with some changes, so that it gives the reader a little bit of context before the first act.
:Your rewrite was much better, but too long, so I tried to streamline it.  Make sure that I didn't mess it up.  It's still a little long.  See if you can do anything to condense the story more – not every detail is needed, as long as the reader can understand the story.
Cata asked: Can you explain to me why you believe Character sections are irrelevant?
:Hi, Cata.  I should say that I don't think they're irrelevant, but I feel that character sections do not add much, unless the character list is long enough that readers might get confused.  However, what I usually do with the character list, is give a list of the original actors (calling it something like "Roles and original cast"), if we know who the original cast were, or, if there were one or more very famous subsequent production(s) with many famous actors, we could give a cast list for those production(s).  See for example, Love in Several Masques, Creatures of Impulse, and the casting table in The King and I.  It's true that Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet both have cast list sections.  In R&J, I think it is warranted, because there are 18 principal characters, and the list is a very efficent way of reminding everyone who is a Montague, and who is a Capulet. in Hamlet, there are 17 principal characters. 
You have done a great job expanding the article so far: My current big picture comments on the article are as follows:
*This article still cries out for a "Productions" section, in which we can describe and discuss the original production and major subsequent productions of the play.  In that section, we can also mention any famous actors who portrayed the roles in the various productions.  What did the critics think of the original and subsequent productions?
*The WP:LEAD section needs to be expanded to give an overview of all of the new content below.
*As your colleague noted, it needs a background section, describing the historical context and any information about that exists about the writing of the play.
*Does it need a Texts section, like Hamlet has?
*The adaptations section should be expanded to describe the adaptations a little more substantially and converted to prose paragraphs.  Wikipedia prefers narrative paragraphs to bulleted lists - see WP:MOS#Bulleted and numbered lists. -- Ssilvers (talk) 02:52, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Synopsis, characters and next steps

message: I was only absent from Wikipedia for a few days and so much has happened. 
Ok, here's what happened with the translation: it's not entirely mine, but it's not entirely Wadsworth's. I wanted to add that one as it is in the book, but it is a bit imprecise on some verses... How do I work with that?
As for the blue box... love it. Looks so much better.
And thanks for trimming my synopsis... Much needed. However, I thought it was best to do more and then cut than writing and then trying to make additions. 
:Yes, that was a good strategy.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 08:07, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You're doing a great job, Catalina! -- Ssilvers (talk) 08:07, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Oh! Wow!

message: I added a recording of Segismundo's monologue in Spanish.  Is this useful?  Cata, is it a good performance of the monologue?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:00, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I had thought of that but didn't know how relevant it would be if it was in Spanish. It's great that you added it. I love that it's in Spanish from Spain.  CataVillamarin111 (talk) 04:12, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Recording

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