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Witty, urbane, and poetic in its prose, Don Juan is, most importantly, as funny now as it was for audiences when it was first presented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323857731807,"sku":"9780156013109","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/OxqZMb62il9780156013109.webp?v=1788422388"},{"product_id":"le-cid-and-the-liar-paperback","title":"Le Cid and the Liar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Wilbur's translations of the great French dramas have been a boon to acting troupes, students of French literature and history, and theater lovers. He continues this wonderful work with two plays from Pierre Corneille: Le Cid is Corneille's most famous play, a tragedy set in Seville that illuminates the dangers of being bound by honor and the limits of romantic love; The Liar is a farce, set in France and dealing with love, misperceptions, and downright falsifications, which ends, of course, happily ever after. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These two plays, together in one volume, work in perfect tandem to showcase the breadth of Corneille's abilities. Taking us back to the time he portrays as well as the time of his greatest success as a playwright, they remind us that the delights to be found on the French stage are truly ageless.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Wilbur here continues his brilliant work in translating the great French dramas, with two plays from Pierre Corneille: \u003ci\u003eLe Cid \u003c\/i\u003eis Corneille s most famous play, a tragedy set in Seville that illuminates the dangers of being bound by honor and the limits of romantic love; \u003ci\u003eThe Liar \u003c\/i\u003eis a farce, set in France and dealing with love, misperceptions, and downright falsifications, which ends, of course, happily ever after. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese two plays, together in one volume, work in perfect tandem to showcase the breadth of Corneille s abilities. Taking us back to the height of his fame as a playwright, they remind us of that the delightsof the stage are truly ageless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Richard Wilbur's dramatic translations: \"Thanks all around: to Corneille \u0026amp; Co., of course, but to Richard Wilbur, the one poet whose translations give us pleasure--heroical, comical, tragical pleasure--\u003ci\u003eloving thanks\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Richard Howard\u003cbr\u003e\"A large part of the reason for what must be termed a Moliere revival in North America is the excellence of Richard Wilbur's translations.\" \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Wilbur makes Moliere into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eRICHARD WILBUR, \u003c\/b\u003e one of America s most beloved poets and translators, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received two National Book Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two PEN Awards. He lives in Massachusetts.\"","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323857895647,"sku":"9780156035835","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/0yat18NbgE9780156035835.webp?v=1788422389"},{"product_id":"andromache-by-racine-paperback","title":"Andromache, by Racine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA skillful translation of the classical French tragedy about the captivity of Hector's wife after her abduction by the son of Achilles. The rhymed couplets retain the simplicity of form and powerful language of the original. \"[This translation] is a striking tour de force\" (Hudson Review). Drawings by Igor Tulipanov.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when duty, love, and vengeance collide in the aftermath of war?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Classic Love Quadrangle: \u003c\/b\u003e Orestes loves Hermione, who loves King Pyrrhus, who in turn desires his Trojan captive, Andromache--a woman who loves only her dead husband, Hector.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGreek Mythology Retelling: \u003c\/b\u003e Set after the fall of Troy, this play puts legendary figures in an impossible position where Andromache must choose between her son's life and her honor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRevenge Tragedy: \u003c\/b\u003e Jilted and enraged, Hermione commands the obsessive Orestes to murder the king at the altar, setting the stage for a bloody conclusion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMasterful Translation: \u003c\/b\u003e Experience Racine's masterpiece through the celebrated English verse of poet Richard Wilbur, praised for its power and clarity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51323858059487,"sku":"9780156075107","price":18.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lil6ij34my9780156075107.webp?v=1788422390"},{"product_id":"the-misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-moliere-paperback","title":"The Misanthrope and Tartuffe, by Molière - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn brilliant rhymed couplets, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur renders two of seventeenth-century French playwright Moliere's comic masterpieces into English, capturing not only the form and spirit of the language but also its substance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Misanthrope\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching comic study of falsity, shallowness, and self-righteousness through the character of Alceste, a man whose conscience and sincerity are too rigorous for his time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTartuffe\u003c\/i\u003e, a wily, opportunistic swindler manipulates a wealthy prude and bigot through his claims of piety. 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