Chrysanthus, son of a Roman senator, is drawn toward the forbidden Christian faith, and the priestess Daria, sent to win him back to the gods, finds herself converted instead. Calderón turns the legend of the two martyrs into a Spanish Golden Age drama of music, magic and persecution, here in Denis Florence MacCarthy’s verse translation dedicated to Longfellow.
A fine example of Calderón’s religious theatre for readers of classical Spanish drama. Download the free EPUB.