full length · drama

Life Is a Dream

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca · translated by Edward FitzGerald

15 roles (0M / 0F / 15 any) · approx 94–130 minutes · 4 acts

Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.

Characters

Seg	lead	95 speeches
Clo	supporting	51 speeches
Ros	supporting	48 speeches
Fife	supporting	47 speeches
King	supporting	33 speeches
Capt	supporting	22 speeches
Chamb	supporting	19 speeches
Ast	minor	17 speeches
Est	minor	11 speeches
Sol	minor	10 speeches
Soldiers	minor	8 speeches
Rosaura	minor	4 speeches
Clotaldo	minor	4 speeches
Lord	minor	4 speeches
A Soldier	minor	3 speeches

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Monologues from this play

Ros monologue (Act 1) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Clo monologue (Act 1) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Ast monologue (Act 1) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~2 min
King monologue (Act 1) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
King monologue (Act 1) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
King monologue (Act 2) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Seg monologue (Act 2) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Seg monologue (Act 2) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
King monologue (Act 2) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Seg monologue (Act 2) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Seg monologue (Act 2) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Clo monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Clo monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~2 min
Fife monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Seg monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Capt monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Ros monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~2 min
Seg monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Seg monologue (Act 3) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~1 min
Seg monologue (Act 4) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~2 min
Seg monologue (Act 4) — Life Is a Dream dramatic · ~2 min