biography
pronunciation:
[meray]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1604–86)
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| biography:
| Playwright, born in Besançon, NE France. He worked chiefly in Paris, where he secured important patrons. He wrote a series of plays catering for the growing taste for Classical drama, including Chryséide et Arimand (1625) and Sophonisbe (1634), notably establishing the rule of the three unities, and brought about the rise of classical comedy with Les Galanteries du Duc d'Ossonne (1632). He was eclipsed by the success of Pierre Corneille. |
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