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Jean Rotrou (21 August 1609 – 28 June 1650) was a French poet and tragedian . Life. Rotrou was born at Dreux, city of the current department of Eure-et-Loir, in Centre-Val de Loire region. He studied at Dreux and at Paris, and, though three years younger than Pierre Corneille, began writing before him.
Apr 4, 2024 · Jean de Rotrou (baptized Aug. 21, 1609, Dreux, France—died June 28, 1650, Dreux) was one of the major French Neoclassical playwrights of the first half of the 17th century. He shares with Pierre Corneille the credit for the increased prestige and respectability that the theatre gradually came to enjoy in Paris at that time.
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Abstract: Students of seventeenth-century French drama offer oddly truncated readings of Jean Rotrou’s Véritable Saint Genest. Fascinated by the play within a play in which the eponymous saint is converted to a Christian martyr’s faith by performing a Christian martyr’s role, scholars focus on acts 2 through 4, where the play in ...
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Overview. Jean Rotrou. (1609—1650) Quick Reference. (1609–50) After Corneille, Rotrou was the most significant French dramatist of the 1630s and 1640s. His first effort was at the Hôtel de Bourgogne (1628), where by 1632 he had ... From: Rotrou, Jean in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance » Subjects: Literature. Reference entries.
Rotrou, Jean de. Jean de Rotrou (zhäN də rôtrōō´), 1609–50, French dramatist. One of the Cinq auteurs, five playwrights commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu, Rotrou wrote many plays, including the noble and effective tragedies Saint-Genest (1646) and Venceslas (1647). He was a friend and rival of Corneille.
Mar 1, 2018 · The Veritable Véritable Saint Genest: Tragedy and Martyr Play in Jean Rotrou. Christopher Braider. Modern Language Quarterly (2018) 79 (1): 25–52. https://doi.org/10.1215/00267929-4264258. Share. Tools. Abstract. Students of seventeenth-century French drama offer oddly truncated readings of Jean Rotrou’s Véritable Saint Genest.
JEAN DE ROTROU (1609-1650), French tragic poet, was born on the 19th or 10th of August 1609, at Dreux in Normandy. Rotrou studied at Dreux and at Paris, and, though three years younger than Corneille, began play-writing before him. In 1632 he became playwright to the actors of the Hotel de Bourgogne.
