At one point in this play, the protagonist throws an insolent servant off a balcony.
The opening line of this play describes a wild hippogriff who can run as fast as the wind. A speech given by its protagonist describes how all the praise received by a ruler will float away in the air and nothing will be left when the ruler dies. At one point in this play, the protagonist throws an insolent servant off a balcony. It opens with a cross-dressing woman running into the jester Clarín, who is mistaken for the protagonist by a group of rebels who break the protagonist out of prison. At this play's end, Rosaura marries Astolfo and the protagonist marries Estrella after overthrowing his father King Basilio, who had imprisoned him in a tower. For 10 points, name this play about Prince Segismundo by Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
The opening line of this play describes a wild hippogriff who can run as fast as the wind.
Life Is a Dream [or La vida es sueño]