Balthasars Nachtmahl

Balthasars Nachtmahl

by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Das Stück basiert auf der biblischen Geschichte des Gastmahls des Belsazar, wie sie im Buch Daniel im Alten Testament erzählt wird. König Belsazar feiert ein rauschendes Fest anlässlich seiner Vermählung mit einer weiteren Frau und entweiht dabei die aus Jerusalem erbeuteten Tempelgefäße. Daraufhin erscheint eine geisterhafte Schrift an der Wand seines Palastes, die vom Propheten Daniel als Untergangsprophezeiung gedeutet wird. Das Stück thematisiert die Vergänglichkeit des irdischen Lebens, die Eitelkeit menschlichen Strebens und die Macht des göttlichen Gerichts.

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Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the...

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