Le Cid and the Liar
HarperCollins · Paperback · August 11, 2009
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Two Corneille plays set tragedy against farce, translated by Richard Wilbur.
- Themes
- Honor and romantic love, Love and misperception, Falsification and deception
- Genres
- French Plays
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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.
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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 tandem to showcase the breadth of Corneille’s abilities. Taking us back to the time he portrays as well as the time of his greatest success as a playwright, they remind us that the delights to be found on the French stage are truly ageless.
Corneille’s Two Plays
Two Corneille plays set tragedy against farce, translated by Richard Wilbur.
Come here for
- Le Cid’s Seville tragedy and its tensions between honor and romantic love
- The Liar’s French farce about love, misperceptions, and falsifications
Expect
- Le Cid explores honor and the limits of romantic love
- The Liar ends happily after its deceptions
Where it sits
| French Plays | 97% |
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Publisher categories
- Play Anthologies
- French Plays
- Shakespeare
- French Language Study
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- French Literary Criticism
- Theater
- Theater Production & Direction
- Theater History & Criticism
- Authors
- Richard Wilbur
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 11, 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Honor and romantic love · Love and misperception · Falsification and deception
- Reading lane
- Play Anthologies