After obtaining a law degree, he entered the Rouen parlement and became a favorite of Richelieu, who invited him to join the Society of the Five Authors. He wrote his first play, Mélite, before he was twenty, and other early plays include his Médée and The Maidservant. He underwent a period of masterpieces following his most famous work, including Horace and Cinna, which along with Polyeucte form his "classical trilogy." 
After obtaining a law degree, he entered the Rouen parlement and became a favorite of Richelieu, who invited him to join the Society of the Five Authors. He wrote his first play, Mélite, before he was twenty, and other early plays include his Médée and The Maidservant. He underwent a period of masterpieces following his most famous work, including Horace and Cinna, which along with Polyeucte form his "classical trilogy." Other famous works by this French playwright include Clitandre and L'Illusion Comique. FTP, identify this 17th century French dramatist and creator of Le Cid.
After obtaining a law degree, he entered the Rouen parlement and became a favorite of Richelieu, who invited him to join the Society of the Five Authors.
Pierre {Corneille}