#161: Act III, Part 2, The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

The play concludes as Luis finds out what mysteries lie within St. Patrick’s Purgatory.

Act III, Part 2

35:47.

#160: Act III, Part 1, The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

The play continues a few years later, as we find out what happened to Luis.

Act III, Part 1

20:17.

#158: Act II, Part 2, The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

The play continues as Patrick is challenged to prove his God’s existence with a sign. Or two.

Act Two, Part Two

27:58.

#157: Act II, Part 1, The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

The play continues as Luis returns to his wild ways, with horrifying results.

Act Two, Part One

23:27.

#153: Act I, Part 2 of The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

More of The Purgatory of St. Patrick, as we meet a very ill-assorted rural couple and an angel.

Act One, Part Two

18:01.

#152: Act I, Part 1 of The Purgatory of St. Patrick by Pedro Calderon de la Barca

One of Spain’s two Shakespeares from their Golden Age of drama, Pedro Calderon de la Barca was both a poet and a prolific dramatist. He wrote literally hundreds of plays, many of which are still performed today; Life Is a Dream is probably his best-known work.

The Purgatory of St. Patrick is one of his plays on religious themes. This one deals simultaneously with the life of St. Patrick and the legend of the pilgrim shrine/mortification gym known as St. Patrick’s Purgatory. It’s fun stuff, IMHO, especially since it was translated into English with a lot of verve.

Act One, Part One

35:40.