Internationally renowned masterpieces of the French theater, ranging from comedy to high tragedy, are featured in this selection of historically significant plays. This volume's unabridged classics of the 17th and 18th centuries include Corneille's The Cid, Racine's Phaedra, The Intellectual Ladies by Molière, Marivaux's The Game of Love and Chance, and The Barber of Seville by Beaumarchais.