The phoenix of Madrid
By: Calderón de la Barca ; in a new translation by Laurence Boswell
Contributors: Boswell, Laurence
Series: Oberon modern plays
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9781849431347
Subjects: Spanish drama
Work titles: Aäno santo en Madrid
Description: Don Pedro has it all - high position, wealth, a beautiful family - and enjoys the good life in the heart of the Spanish capital. But now he faces a challenge that would test the patience of a saint. It is time to marry off his daughters. It's bad enough that his eldest Beatriz is both obsessed by the latest fashions and talks like a university professor, but his youngest Leoner is already enjoying illicit midnight trysts with her lover and is in no mood to accept an arranged marriage.