Le Cid
Americannoun
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Richelieu once effortlessly composed a 500-line insert for Corneille's verse drama, Le Cid, to replace a passage of the author's that Richelieu thought in bad taste.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bréval and Mr. Alvarez the first scene from the fourth act of "Le Cid."
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward
I was in the very country of Le Cid at the time, living in a modest inn.
From My Recollections by Massenet, Jules
Le Cid, 1636, the best-known if not the best of Corneille's plays, and, from the mere playwright's point of view, the most attractive.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
Let us imagine, for example, one of those unreflecting promoters of absolute nature, of nature viewed apart from art, at the performance of a romantic play, say Le Cid.
From Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations by Eliot, Charles William
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