The name of Pierre Corneille, the creator of the French national classical theater, has firmly entered the treasury of the world culture. Corneille spoke at a decisive period in the formation of the French national state and national literature - this determined the character and direction of his work, the ideological content of his drama and that specific art form that, starting from the time of Corneille, was established in the French theater for two whole centuries. The publication includes the best plays of the French playwright: "Sid," "Horace," "Cinna," "Rodoguna," "Nycomed."