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...
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...
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...
(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...
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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