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Wonder-Working Magician

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Length
2 h 34 min
Chapters
3
Language
English
Genre
Plays
First published
1873

"The Wonderful Magician" is perhaps better known to poetical students in England from the spirited fragment Shelley has left us in his "Scenes from Calderon." The preoccupation of a subject by a great master throws immense difficulties in the way of any one who ventures to follow in the same path: but as Shelley allowed himself great licence in his versification, and either from carelessness or an imperfect knowledge of Spanish is occasionally unfaithful to the meaning of his author, it may be hoped in my own version that strict fidelity both as to the form as well as substance of the original may be some compensation for the absence of those higher poetical harmonies to which many of my readers will have been accustomed. - Summary by The Translator

Cast list:

Cyprian: Adrian Stephens

The Demon: ToddHW

Lelius, The Governor of Antioch's Son: KHand

Florus, friend of Lelius: Adam Bielka

Moscon, Servant of Cyprian: alanmapstone

Clarin, Servant of Cyprian: Tomas Peter

The Governor of Antioch: Algy Pug

Fabius, his Servant: Timothy Ferguson

Lysander, the reputed Father of Justina: Larry Wilson

Justina: Jeanne Viray

Livia, her Maid: TJ Burns

A Servant: Craig Franklin

A Soldier, Chorus, People, Voice Within: Kimberly Krause

Voice: Nemo

Chorus of Voices: alanmapstone

A Phantom Figure of Justina: Eva Davis

The Skeleton: Leanne Yau

Stage Directions: Sonia

Editing: ToddHW

Chapters

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