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Le Cid by Pierre Corneille

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Author Biography

Name: Pierre Corneille
Birth Date: June 6, 1606
Death Date: October 1, 1684
Place of Birth: Rouen, France
Place of Death: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: playwright, dramatist

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Biography of Pierre Corneille
1179 words, approx. 3.9 pages
The French dramatist Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) wrote more than 30 plays and is often called the father of French tragedy. His tragedies characteristically explore the conflict between heroic love and heroic devotion to duty. Pierre Corneille was born...
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Biography of Pierre Corneille
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The most successful playwright of the reign of Louis XIII, Pierre Corneille was the author of thirty-three plays and of the most important study of dramatic aesthetics in his century, known as "Trois discours sur le poème dramatique" (Three Discou...


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Le Cid Information
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Le Cid is a tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille and published in 1636. It is based on the legend of El Cid. The play followed Corneille's first true tragedy, Médée, produced in 1635. An enormous popular success, Corneille's Le Cid was the subject...


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LE CID.(Review)
02/22/1999: 803 words, approx. 3 pages
(DRAMA REVIVAL; RIVERSIDE STUDIO; 350 SEATS; 20 [pounds sterling] ($33) TOP) LONDON A Festival d'Avignon presentation with the Theatre du Nord of the play in one act by Pierre Corneille. Directed by Declan Donnellan. Sets, Philippe Marioge; costumes, Jacques Perdigues; lighting, Judith...
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Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet Music).(Sound Recording Review)
01/01/2004: 355 words, approx. 1 pages
Scenes pittoresques; Saint-Saens: The Swan; Wedding Cake. Louis Fremaux, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. EMI Encore 7243 5 75871 2. The Le Cid Ballet Music recording brings back a lot of memories. Recorded quadraphonically in 1971 for EMI's Studio Two line, it...
 


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Critical Essay by Helen L. Harrison
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In the following essay, Harrison addresses the issue of royal gratitude as portrayed in The Cid.


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