Gabriel Gilbert (c.1620 – c.1680) was a 17th-century
French poet and
playwright.
He was secretary of
duchesse de Rohan and secretary of commandments by
Christina, Queen of Sweden
Christina ( sv, Kristina, 18 December (New Style) 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death a ...
in 1656.
He wrote
tragicomedies and
tragedies
Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...
, including ''Marguerite de France'', ''Téléphonte'', ''Rodogune'', ''Sémiramis'', ', ''Les Amours de Diane et d'Endymion''.
Publications
*1641: ''Marguerite de France'', tragicomedy
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*1642: ''Téléphonte'', five-act tragicomedy in verse Text online
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*1646: ''Rodogune'', tragicomedy Text online
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*1646: ''Hypolite, ou Le garçon insensible'', tragedy, Text online
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*1647: ''Sémiramis'', tragedy, Text online
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*1650: ''Panégyrique des dames'', dedicated to Mademoiselle
*1656: ''L'Art de plaire''
text online
*1657: ''Les Amours de Diane et d'Endimion'', tragedy Text online
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*1659: ''Chresphonte, ou le Retour des Héraclides dans le Péloponèse'', tragicomedy
*1659: ''Ode à son Eminence''
*1660: ''Arie et Petus, ou les Amours de Néron'', tragedy
*1661: ''Les Poésies diverses de M. Gilbert''
*1663: ''Les Amours d'Ovide'' pastorale héroïque
*1664: ''Les Amours d'Angélique et de Médor'', tragicomedy
text online
*1667: ''Les Intrigues amoureuses'', comedy
*1672: ''Les Peines et les Plaisirs de l'amour'', pastorale, presented at the Académie royale de musique
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*1680: ''Les Psaumes en vers français''
Bibliography
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External links
Gilbert and his theatre plays
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17th-century French dramatists and playwrights
17th-century French poets
17th-century French male writers
1620 births
1680 deaths