Guyon Guérin de Bouscal (1613–1657) was a French dramatist and novelist.

Selected works

*''Oroondate'' (performed 1643), a parody of the widespread literary models of heroic courtship *a trilogy based on ''

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'' (performed 1638-9), notable for its accomplished use of the

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and thought to have been adapted and played by

Molière's company Molière's company (''La Troupe de Molière'') was the theatrical company which formed around Molière from 1648 onwards, when he was performing in the French provinces after the failure of the Illustre Théâtre in 1645. In 1658 the company moved ...

as ''Le Gouvernement de Sancho Pansa'' in 1660. *''La mort de Brute et de Porcie'' (1637), on the deaths of

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and his wife

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*One novel

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* * * http://www.answers.com/topic/maurice-de-gu-rin-2 1613 births 1657 deaths 17th-century French dramatists and playwrights 17th-century French novelists 17th-century French male writers {{France-playwright-stub