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Life is a Dream
By Pedro Calderon De La Barca - Stage play
Roles
- Segismundo - Teenager (13-19), Young Adult (20-35), Male
About this piece
Segismundo laments about his miserable life as a recluse
Summary
The central character of this play is Segismundo, the prince of Poland, son of King Basilio, who has been imprisoned all his life in a secluded tower as at the time of his birth it had been prophesised that he would have grown to become a tyrant and a violent ruler. Nobody actually knows that Segismundo is still alive as the king had told everybody that he had died in childbirth. This monologue comes in the first scene of the first act. He laments about his life and wonders why he has been deprived of his freedom..
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