Pierre Corneille
The Theatre Of Illusion: A French Baroque Masterpiece Translated by Richard Wilbur―Wit, Drama, and the Comedy of Humanity
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 hundr...
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