The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion

by Pierre Corneille, John Cairncross (Translator), John Cairncross (Introduction)

Overview

This volume compiles three of Corneille's most lauded plays: The Cid, Corneille's masterpiece set in medieval Spain, was the first great work of French classical drama; Cinna, written three years later in 1641, is a tense political drama; and The Theatrical Illusion, an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare's exuberant comedies.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140443127
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/28/1976
Series:	Classics Series
Edition description:	REISSUE
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Pierre Corneille, the French dramatist, was born in Rouen in 1606. After a Jesuit education he worked as Crown Counsel in Rouen, and for many years kept playwriting as his leisure activity. He wrote tragedies and comedies, and his first success came in 1636 with Le Cid, a tragi-comedy which made Corneille’s reputation as a master of serious drama and established the genre known as French classical tragedy. During the next forty years Corneille produced over twenty-five plays. He died in 1684.

Table of Contents

Translator's Foreword		9	(2)
Pierre Corneille		11	(9)
Bibliography		20	(3)
THE CID		23	(90)
Preface		23	(5)
Summary		28	(2)
Corneille's Dedication		30	(3)
The Play		33	(80)
CINNA		113	(82)
Preface		113	(5)
Summary		118	(3)
Corneille's Dedication		121	(4)
The Play		125	(70)
THE THEATRICAL ILLUSION		195
Preface		195	(3)
Summary		198	(2)
Corneille's Dedication		200	(3)
The Play		203