Jehan Le Saulx d'Espanney, born in the second half of the 16th century was a French

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

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Épaney Épaney () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Jehan Le Saulx d'Espanney, the 16th-century French playwright, was born in the village. Population See also *Communes of the Calvados departmen ...

( Calvados). He wrote a unique tragedy, in three days according to him, ''L'Adamantine ou le Désespoir'' (Rouen, Raphaël du Petit-Val, 1608) : Darimant loves Bezemonde, herself loved by Selpion.

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:::MANES DE RICHEMONT. : :Je viens du clair sejour ou la tourbe des Anges :Benit son Createur d’un beau flus de louanges, :Je n’en faits que sortir en mon cœur soucieux :De voir encor un coup la surface des Cieux, :Ni de l’objet plus doux la grandeur infinie,

Bibliography

* Boisard, ''Notices sur les Hommes du Calvados'', Caen 1848. * E. Frère, ''Manuel du bibliographe normand'', Rouen, 1858. * E. Gosselin, ''Le théâtre à Rouen avant Corneille'', Rouen, 1869.