Paperback: 116 pages
Publisher: Independently published (September 11, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1692087061
ISBN-13: 978-1692087067
I have recently published my English translation of Pierre Corneille's play Cinna, or The Clemency of Augustus, in iambic pentameter (unrhymed). It is available from Amazon as a paperback or as a Kindle ebook.
Cinna, his beloved Emilia, and his friend Maximus are participants in a plot to assassinate the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar. What will happen to them when Augustus learns of the plot?
The first performance of Cinna occurred either late in 1640 or early in 1641, most likely at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris, where Le Cid and Horace had previously been performed. The text of Cinna was printed and published in 1643. The subject matter of the play was derived from a chapter in Seneca’s De Clementia.
Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
---John R. Pierce
In our events always some cares are there
Disturbing the completeness of our peace.
--Don Diego in Act III of Corneille’s The Cid
(translated by John R. Pierce).
The Shepherd's Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy
Sylvia came to live among the shepherds of Arcadia. She and the shepherd Thyrsis are in love. But then she is abducted. Why? What is her true identity? And what is the parentage of Thyrsis, who was found as a child by a shepherd? What will become of Sylvia and Thyrsis when the shepherds are called to entertain the royal court of Arcadia? And what will come of the romantic entanglements of some of the other shepherds and shepherdesses?
Joseph Rutter was a member of Ben Jonson's circle of poets, known for his translation of Corneille's The Cid. The Shepherd’s Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy enjoyed some popularity in its day. The play was performed about 1634 at the Palace of Whitehall before King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, and received public performances at the Cockpit Stage, Drury Lane, London. Professor Felix Emanuel Schelling considered the play “an estimable piece of work not wanting in dramatic power or poetic embellishment.”
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The Shepherd's Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, Kindle ebook, amazon.co.uk
The Shepherd's Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, Kindle ebook, amazon.ca
The Shepherd's Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy (English Edition), Kindle eBook, amazon.de
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Publication Date: April 26, 2016
ISBN/EAN13: 1532920911 / 9781532920912
Page Count: 152
Binding Type: US Trade Paper
Trim Size: 6" x 9"
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Related Category: Drama / English
The Shepherd's Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, paperback, amazon.co.uk
The Shepherd's Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, paperback, amazon.ca
The Shepherd's Holiday: A Pastoral Tragi-Comedy, Paperback, amazon.de
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