The theatre of illusion
By: by Pierre Corneille ; translated and with an introduction by Richard Wilbur
Contributors: Wilbur, Richard, 1921-
Edition: 1st ed
Series: A Harvest book
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Orlando
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780156032315
Work titles: Illusion comique.
Description: "In The Theatre of Illusion you'll find buffoonery, chicanery, adultery, murder, flights of fancy, and flights of love. A picaresque hero, Clindor, secretly woos the lovely Isabelle away from his master, Matamore. Isabelle suspects that Clindor seeks the charms of another. And Lyse, the indispensable maid, helps to make it all somehow come right. Pierre Corneille described this dazzling play as an "extravagant trifle" and it is, indeed, filled with an abundance of twists and turns and surprises." "Now this baroque masterpiece has been translated by one of America's finest poets and translators of French, Richard Wilbur."--Jacket.