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[[Image:PierreCorneille.jpg|thumb|500px|Portrait by Charles Le Brun, 1647]]
== Introduction ==
Pierre Corneille (6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with [[Molière]] and [[Racine]].
As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play, ''Le Cid'', about a medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed Académie Française for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years. ''Le Menteur'' (''The Liar'', 1644) was a rare departure into farce.

== SLT Productions ==
* [[The Liar (2024)|The Liar]] ([[2024]]) ([[Old Fire Station]])

== See Also ==

== References ==
== External Links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Corneille Wikipedia]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0180134/ IMDB]

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