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A Theatrical Whodunit II: Was this Sherlock mistaken?

In the second instalment in the hunt for the source of the Dutch translation of Calderón’s ‘La vida es sueño’, I will consider an alternative source that might have been used by Schouwenbergh for his Dutch translation made in Brussels in 1647.

Tim Vergeer • 23-01-2020

Medieval and Early Modern Studies

A Theatrical Whodunit

How did Calderón’s popular play 'La vida es sueño' come to the Low Countries? It seems that the Flemish-Portuguese printer Paulo Craesbeeck is responsible for this. In 1647, he published an anthology of Spanish plays, including Calderón's masterpiece.

Tim Vergeer • 09-01-2020