Verse play · 1853

Gil Perez, the Gallician

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Translated by Edward FitzGerald (1853)

FitzGerald's free version of Calderón's play on a notorious Spanish robber, whose name he changes to Gil. A farmer of Galicia, Gil falls out with the law and takes to the hills; the play follows him through Portugal and Andalusia to a confrontation with the Judge and a final pardon.

Contents · 11 parts

• Persons of the Play8 lines
• Act I, Scene 1about 280 lines
• Act I, Scene 276 lines
• Act I, Scene 3about 150 lines
• Act II, Scene 1about 220 lines
• Act II, Scene 253 lines
• Act II, Scene 385 lines
• Act II, Scene 4about 180 lines
• Act III, Scene 1about 360 lines
• Act III, Scene 241 lines
• Act III, Scene 360 lines

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