In one of this author's works a woman has a dream of her lover holding a da
In one of this author's works a woman has a dream of her lover holding a dagger over her husband's
 throat. In that play the Roman Governor Felix sentences the title Armenian nobleman to death after he
 marries Pauline and converts to Christianity. This author wrote a play in which the magician Alcandre
 helps Pridamant solve the disappearance of his son Clindor. The primary conflict of his most famous play
 is triggered when one character slaps an older man because he was selected as the royal tutor. This author
 of Polyeucte and The Comic Illusion wrote of a noble whose assassination attempt is forgiven by Emperor
 Augustus in Cinna. He is best known for a work about a knight who falls in love with Chimene after killing
 her father Don Gomes. For 10 points, name this French dramatist of Le Cid.
In one of this author's works a woman has a dream of her lover holding a dagger over her husband's
 throat.
Pierre {Corneille}