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Crébillon
Crébillon is a French surname. Notable people with that name include: * Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674–1762), French poet and tragedian * Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 February 1707 – 12 April 1777), called "Crébillon fils" (to distinguish him from his father), was a French novelist. Born in Paris, he was the son of a famous tragedian, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. H ... (1707–1777), French novelist and son of the above {{Surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosper Jolyot De Crébillon
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (13 January 1674 – 17 June 1762) was a French poet and tragedian. Biography Crébillon was born in Dijon, where his father, Melchior Jolyot, was notary-royal. Having been educated at the Jesuit school in the town, and afterwards at the Collège Mazarin. He became an advocate, and was placed in the office of a lawyer named Prieur at Paris. With the encouragement of his master, son of an old friend of Scarron's, he produced a ''Mort des enfants de Brutus'', which was never produced on the stage. In 1705 he succeeded with ''Idoménée''; in 1707 his '' Atrée et Thyeste'' was repeatedly acted at court; '' Electre'' appeared in 1709; and in 1711 he produced his finest play, '' Rhadamiste et Zénobie'', considered as his masterpiece despite a complicated and over-involved plot. But his '' Xerxes'' (1714) was only performed once and his '' Sémiramis'' (1717) was an absolute failure. In 1707 Crébillon had married a penniless girl, who died, leaving h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
