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La Veuve (Corneille)
''La Veuve, ou Le traître trahi'' (''The Widow, or The Betrayer Betrayed'') is a French verse comedy in five acts by Pierre Corneille, which takes place in Paris.Corneille 1634pp. 60, 61 Garreau 1984, pp. 549, 554. The play was probably first performed early in 1632 by the troupe of Charles Le Noir and Montdory at the Sphère, a rather seedy nightclub in Paris.Deierkauf-Holsboer 1954, p. 34. It was first published in 1634. Roles * Philiste, ''in love with Clarice'' * Alcidon, ''friend of Philiste and in love with Doris'' * Célidan, ''friend of Alcidon and beloved of Doris'' * Clarice, ''widow of Alcandre and mistress of Philiste'' * Chrysante, ''mother of Doris'' * Doris, ''sister of Philiste'' * Clarice's nurse * Géron, ''official of Florange, enamored with Doris'' * Lycaste, ''servant of Philiste'' * Polymax, Doraste, Listor, ''servants of Clarice'' References ;Notes ;Sources * Corneille, Pierre (1634). ''La veuve'' in Laplace 1869, pp. 60–85. * Deierkauf-Holsboer, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Corneille
Pierre Corneille (; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. As a young man, he earned the valuable patronage of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play, ''Le Cid'', about a medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed ''Académie française'' for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years. Biography Early years Corneille was born in Rouen, Normandy, France, to Marthe Le Pesant and Pierre Corneille, a distinguished lawyer. His younger brother, Thomas Corneille, also became a noted playwright. He was given a rigorous Jesuit education at the ''Collège de Bourbon'' (Lycée Pierre-Corneille since 1873), where acting on the stage was part of the training. At 18 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Le Noir
Charles Le Noir or Lenoir (first active 1618; died 9 August 1637) was a French actor-manager, who was a member of the troupe of the Prince of Orange from at least 1622, sometimes named as a co-founder with the actor Montdory of the Théâtre du Marais in 1634, and a member of the Troupe Royale at the Hôtel de Bourgogne from 1634 to 1637.Mongrédien 1972, p. 114. Life The first record of Charles Le Noir shows he was the leader of a troupe in Bordeaux in 1618. He then appears as the leader of a troupe in Lille in 1620. Le Noir and Montdory were both members of the troupe of the Prince of Orange at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris in July and August 1622. The Prince of Orange died in 1625, but the company continued to perform under his name, appearing regularly in alternation with the troupe of Robert Guérin at the Bourgogne. According to W. L. Wiley, Montdory joined a different troupe in April 1624. Le Noir was in the cast, when the company presented Pierre Corneille's first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montdory
Montdory, pseudonym of Guillaume des Gilberts (baptized 13 March 1594; died between 17 November 1653 and 14 November 1654), was a French actor manager, recognized as "the most powerful tragedian of his day."Roy 1995. Birth, family, and name Montdory was born in Thiers and baptized there in the parish of Saint-Genès on 13 March 1594. He was named after his father, Guilhaume Dosgilberts, who was a ''coutelier'' (cutlery maker). The spelling of Guilhaume was often standardized to Guillaume, even during his lifetime. The Thiernaise patois article ''dos'' is translated into French as ''des'', and the surname appears in various documents with 'z' instead of 's' and as one word or two (e.g., 'Dosgilbertz' or 'Desgilberts' or 'des Gilberts'). The family owned property in nearby Escoutoux, in the village of Les Giliberts (today Les Gilberts). His mother was Catherine Sandry, sister of Guilhaume Sandry, a merchant, who served as his godfather. He adopted the pseudonym Montdory early i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florange
Florange (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Fléischengen''/''Fléschéngen''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Geography Climate Climate in area is mild with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is " Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate). Population See also * Communes of the Moselle department The following is a list of the 725 Communes of France, communes of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as ... References Communes of Moselle (department) {{Thionville-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.The basic Google book link is found at: https://books.google.com/ . The "advanced" interface allowing more specific searches is found at: https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Books are provided either by publishers and authors through the Google Books Partner Program, or by Google's library partners through the Library Project. Additionally, Google has partnered with a number of magazine publishers to digitize their archives. The Publisher Program was first known as Google Print when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2004. The Google Books Library Project, which scans works in the collections of library partners and adds them to the digital invent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
