Pierre Corneille, in his original dedication for The Theatre of Illusion, described the play as a "strange monster." He first called these five acts a comedy; later, a "caprice" and an "extravagant trifle." Written in 1635 and staged in 1636, the play vanished from the stage for the next three hundred years to be revived in 1937 by Louis Jouvet and the Comedie Francaise. Since then it has been widely considered, in Virginia Scott s words, "Corneille s baroque masterpiece."
Today this brilliant piece of wit and drama is available in a new translation from one of America s finest poets...
Pierre Corneille, in his original dedication for The Theatre of Illusion, described the play as a "strange monster." He first called these five act...
The Liar is a hilarious comedy of the impossible situations which arise when a compulsive and incorrigible liar falls in love. The Illusion is a fascinating play within a play within a play with a strong mystical element. Le Cid, his most famous play, is a tragicomedy that caused a furious controversy between Corneille and his fellow-writers
The Liar is a hilarious comedy of the impossible situations which arise when a compulsive and incorrigible liar falls in love. The Illusion is a fasci...
Pierre Corneille (1608-84) created French classical tragedy with Le Cid, Horace, Cinna and Polyeucte. Le Cid has claimed more attention, but no work of its time packs more power than Horace. The introduction and other background material by David Clarke, a leading British Corneille expert, make this an up-to-date and appealing edition for both students (of drama/French/comparative literature), general readers, and the theater audience. Corneille used his rhetorical power and brilliant dramaturgical skills to comment on the issues of his day -- in this case, French national ambitions in...
Pierre Corneille (1608-84) created French classical tragedy with Le Cid, Horace, Cinna and Polyeucte. Le Cid has claimed more attention, but no work o...
Richard Wilbur's translations of the great French dramas have been a boon to acting troupes, students of French literature and history, and theater lovers. He continues this wonderful work with two plays from Pierre Corneille: Le Cid is Corneille's most famous play, a tragedy set in Seville that illuminates the dangers of being bound by honor and the limits of romantic love; The Liar is a farce, set in France and dealing with love, misperceptions, and downright falsifications, which ends, of course, happily ever after.
These two plays, together in one volume, work in perfect...
Richard Wilbur's translations of the great French dramas have been a boon to acting troupes, students of French literature and history, and theater...
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