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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 KingThe Queen, His ConsortThe Blue Prince, Their SonTony, Buffoon to the Blue PrinceThe TutorKing ChuchurumboThe Eldest Daughter of King ChuchurumboThe Second Daughter of King ChuchurumboThe Third and Youngest Daughter of King ChuchurumboThe Old WomanThe OgreThe Beauty, Who is the Ogre's WifeTwo 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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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1954, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 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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Translation:

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1930.


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 78 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.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse