The Prince Who Learned Everything Out of Books

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The Prince Who Learned Everything Out of Books (1923)
by Jacinto Benavente, translated by John Garrett Underhill
Jacinto Benavente4388558The Prince Who Learned Everything Out of Books — Plays by Jacinto Benavente - Third series1923John Garrett Underhill

THE PRINCE WHO LEARNED
EVERYTHING OUT OF
BOOKS

FANTASY IN TWO ACTS AND SEVEN SCENES

First Presented at the Teatro Príncipe Alfonso, Madrid, on the Afternoon of the Twentieth of December, 1909, Inaugurating the Children's Theatre

CHARACTERS
The King
The Queen, His Consort
The Blue Prince, Their Son
Tony, Buffoon to the Blue Prince
The Tutor
King Chuchurumbo
The Eldest Daughter of King Chuchurumbo
The Second Daughter of King Chuchurumbo
The Third and Youngest Daughter of King Chuchurumbo
The Old Woman
The Ogre
The Beauty, Who is the Ogre's Wife
Two Wood-Choppers

Also Three Pages to the Three Daughters of King Chuchurumbo Attendants and Servants

Contents (not listed in original)

First Act, Scene First
First Act, Scene Second
First Act, Scene Third

Second Act, Scene First
Second Act, Scene Second

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Original:

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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1946, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 77 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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