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''[[Le Menteur]]'' ("The Liar"), a farcical play by Pierre Corneille.  
 
''[[Le Menteur]]'' ("The Liar"), a farcical play by Pierre Corneille.  
  
A farcical play first performed in 1644, based on ''[[La Verdad Sospechosa]]'' by the Spanish-American playwright Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, and published in French in 1634. It was the source of Samuel Foote's farce, ''[[The Liar]]''.
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Corneille's French text was based on ''[[La Verdad Sospechosa]]'' by the Spanish-American playwright Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, and was first performed at the Théâtre du Marais, Paris in 1644,  and published in French in 1634.  
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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It was the source of Samuel Foote's farce, ''[[The Liar]]''.
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'''See ''[[The Liar]]'' for the performance history in South Africa.'''
  
  

Latest revision as of 07:18, 14 June 2015

Le Menteur ("The Liar"), a farcical play by Pierre Corneille.

Corneille's French text was based on La Verdad Sospechosa by the Spanish-American playwright Juan Ruíz de Alarcón, and was first performed at the Théâtre du Marais, Paris in 1644, and published in French in 1634.

It was the source of Samuel Foote's farce, The Liar.

See The Liar for the performance history in South Africa.


Sources

http://www.nndb.com/people/431/000105116/

http://books.google.co.za/books/about/The_Liar.html?id=oH4-AAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y

F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[1]: pp. 295-6

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