The Cid, Cinna, the Theatrical Illusion (Penguin Classics)

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; andThe Theatrical Illusion, an earlier work, is reminiscent of Shakespeare's exuberant comedies.

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