PEL Audioplayers: "Life Is a Dream" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2019
⏱️ 138 minutes
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Summary
Your hosts are joined by real actors to do an unrehearsed read of Calderón's 1636 comedy La Vida Es Sueño, using Stanley Appelbaum's 2002 translation. Ep. 217 will cover the philosophical issues the play raises.
Recorded in NYC on 4/7: Talene Monahon (Rosaura), David Epstein (Segismundo), Bill Youmans (Clotaldo), Erica Spyres (Estrella), Chris Martin (Basilio), Mark Linsenmayer (Clarín), Seth Paskin (Astolfo), Dylan Casey (soldier 1 and servant 1), and Wes Alwan (soldier 2 and servant 2).
Music by Jonathan Segel, as interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #38.
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| 0:30.4 | Hey, you're listening to the partial examine life. |
| 0:36.8 | We're going to do a performance of La Vida es sueño. |
| 0:40.4 | Life is a dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca from 1636. |
| 0:45.7 | My name is Mark Linson. |
| 0:46.8 | My I will be playing the role of Clarín. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Bill humans. |
| 0:50.0 | I'll be playing Cotaldo. |
| 0:51.8 | Chris Martin, Basilio. |
| 0:53.5 | I'm Teline Manajana. |
| 0:54.4 | I'm playing Rosara. |
| 0:55.5 | I'm David Epstein. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm playing Seges Mundo. |
| 0:57.7 | I'm Erica Spires. |
| 0:58.7 | I'll be reading Estrella. |
| 1:00.1 | Seth Pascon, Astolfo. |
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