Edward FitzGerald, translator of the Rubáiyát, rendered these plays freely into English verse and prose. They include The Painter of His Own Dishonour, a tragedy of jealousy set between Naples and Barcelona, The Mayor of Zalamea, in which a peasant mayor confronts an arrogant captain, comedies of intrigue, and the philosophical Mighty Magician and Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made Of.
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