Articles tagged with: Pierre Corneille
Confused identities and a flair for mendacity spark comic romp in ‘The Liar’ at Writers’
![Confused identities and a flair for mendacity spark comic romp in ‘The Liar’ at Writers’ Nate Burger, left, and LaShawn Banks in The Liar at Writers' Theatre credit Michael Brosilow](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Nate-Burger-left-and-LaShawn-Banks-in-The-Liar-at-Writers-Theatre-credit-Michael-Brosilow-125x125.jpg)
Review: Young, lusty, autobiographically creative Dorante embraces a simple code: The unimagined life is not worth living. From the tangled roots of that premise springs Pierre Corneille’s 1643 comedy “The Liar” – revamped and translated for today’s English-speaking audiences by David Ives, and now brought to the stage with a farcical flourish at Writers’ Theatre. ★★★★
The New Season: To be or not to be (truthful) proves question of the year at Writers’ Theatre
![The New Season: To be or not to be (truthful) proves question of the year at Writers’ Theatre Hamlet to open Writers' Theatre season 2012-13 image courtesy Writers](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Hamlet-to-open-Writers-Theatre-season-2012-13-image-courtesy-Writers-125x125.jpg)
Eighth in a series of season previews: Words, words, words. Are they the stuff of truth or the fabric of prevarication? Writers’ Theatre will bookend its 2012-13 season with both possibilities, swinging the spotlight from Shakespeare’s Hamlet in his quest for veracity to Corneille’s feigning manipulator in “The Liar.”