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The Theatre of Illusion

By Pierre Corneille, Richard Wilbur (Translator)
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By Pierre Corneille, Richard Wilbur (Translator)
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A magician conjures a dramatic adventure of romance and intrigue in this seventeenth-century French tragicomedy by the author of Le Cid.

In Pierre Corneille's sparkling play The Theatre of Illusion, magicians, lovers, and heroes prove that all the world truly is a stage. First performed in 1636, it was pioneering in its use of metatheatrical storytelling. It then vanished from the stage for the next three hundred years—to be revived in 1937 at the Comédie Française. Since then it has been w...

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LiteratureDramaGeneral & Miscellaneous DramaFrench DramaComedy - Drama2008 National Translation Award WinnerOther AwardsNational Translation AwardsPrevious Winners - National Translation Awards