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Théodore

4/22/2020

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Author : Pierre Corneille
Date Published : 1646
Genre : Tragedy
Language : Modern French
Other : Based on the saints Théodora and Didyme
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l'illustre comédien ou le martyre de SAint Genest

4/16/2020

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Author : Desfontaines
Date Published : 1645
Genre : Tragedy
Language : Modern French
Other : Based on the conversion of Saint Genesius of Rome, play within a play
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Esther

4/14/2020

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Author : Pierre du Ryer
Date Published : 1644
Genre : Tragedy
Language : Modern French
Other : Based on the biblical story of Esther
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La Mort de Pompée

4/6/2020

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Author : Pierre Corneille
Date Published : 1643
Genre : Tragedy / Political Intrigue
Language : Modern French
Other : Covers the consequences of the assassination of Pompey the Great in Egypt
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Saul

4/3/2020

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Author : Pierre du Ryer
Date Published : 1642
Genre : Tragedy
Language : Modern French
​Other : Biblical story, destiny versus free will
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iphigénie

3/21/2020

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Author : Jean Rotrou
Date Published : 1641
Genre : Tragedy
Language : Modern French
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Horace

3/19/2020

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Author : Pierre Corneille
Date Published : 1640
Genre : Tragedy
Language :  Modern French
​Other : Based in Rome, honor versus family
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La mort des enfants d'hérode

3/17/2020

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Author : Gautier Costes de la Calprenede
Date Published : 1639
Genre : Tragedy
Language : Modern French
​Other : Family tragedy, tyrant king
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Antigone

3/15/2020

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Author : Jean Rotrou
Date Published : 1638
Genre : Tragedy
Language : Modern French
Other : Focus on family dynamics
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L'avocat dupé

3/13/2020

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Author : Urbain Chevreau
Date Published : 1637
Genre : Comedy
Language : Modern French
Other : Cross-dressing, mismatched lovers, similar air to Much Ado about Nothing
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