num_pages: 184
description: In a medieval Spain, heroic bright young people are torn and adore each other. To revenge an affront, Rodrigue kills the father of Chimene. Honor and duty require vengeance and hatred, but she loves the killer passionately. A comedy, a tragedy? This piece, everyone senses, is the most beautiful, most alive, the youngest of romantic dramas. It is a love poem where feelings outweigh the propriety and the law, a song of despair and revolt.On the premiere of the Cid, the success was such that chairs had to be added on the stage. For over three centuries, it sold out. The theater of Corneille is made of tenderness, unexpected madness.
language: English
title: Chronicle of the Cid
titlecomplete: Chronicle of the Cid
characters: Diegue, Rodrigue, L'infante, Chimène
genres: Fiction, Plays, France, Theatre, French Literature, Drama, 17th Century, School, Read For School, Classics
ratings_count: 14287
places: Sevilla
publisher: Hard Press