Tag: playwright

Prosper Mérimée

(1803–1870) Works: • Abbé Aubain and Mosaics (English) • Carmen (Dutch) • Carmen (English) • Carmen (Finnish) • Colomba (English) • Colomba (French) • Colomba (Finnish) • Helmiä (Finnish) • How The Redoubt Was Taken (English) • La Vénus d’Ille…

George Sand

(1804–1876) Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baroness Dudevant Works: • Adriani (French) • Aldo le rimeur (French) • André (French) • Antonia (English) • Autour de la table (French) • Cadio (French) • Césarine Dietrich (French) • Consuelo, Tome 1 (1861)…

Pietro Aretino

(1492–1556) Works: • Angelica (Italian) • Il divino Pietro Aretino a lo Imperadore ne la morte del Duca d’Urbino (Italian) • Il primo libro delle lettere (Italian) • Il secondo libro delle lettere (Italian) • La Cortigiana (Italian) • Dubbj…

Les Tragiques grecs (1866)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Les Tragiques grecs (The Greek Tragedians) 1866 Oil on canvas, 37 × 44 cm Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers This painting is a study for The Apotheosis of Homer. Compare: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée…

Terence

(c.195 BC-c.159 BC) Publius Terentius Afer Works: • The Comedies of Terence (English) Codex Vaticanus Latinus (9th century) with the portrait of Terence. Terence in Art: Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus Frigida 1614 Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp   Born c.195…

Plautus

(c.254 BC-184 BC) Titus Maccius Plautus Works: • Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi (Latin) • Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives (English) • The Captivi and the Mostellaria (English) Born c.254 BC…

Luigi Pirandello

(1867–1936) Works: • A vilanza (la bilancia); Cappiddazzu paga tuttu (Italian) • Cappidazzu paga tuttu (Italian) • Come prima meglio di prima (Italian) • Enrico IV (Italian) • L’innesto (Italian) • L’umorismo (Italian) • La ragione degli altri (Italian) •…

Jean Racine

(1639–1699) Jean-Baptiste Racine Works: • Athaliah (English) • De Pleiters (Dutch) • Esther (English) • Esther (French) • Mithridate (French) • Phaedra (English) • Phaidra (Finnish) Racine in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris  …

Pierre Corneille

(1606–1684) Works: • Cid (Finnish) • L’occasion perdue recouverte (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 1 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 2 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome 3 (French) • Œuvres de P. Corneille, Tome…

Ludovico Ariosto

(1474–1533) Works: • Lettere di Lodovico Ariosto (Italian) • Orlando Furioso (English) • Orlando Furioso (Italian) • Orlando Furioso, Tomo I (Spanish) • Orlando Furioso, Tomo II (Spanish) • Rinaldo ardito: Frammenti inediti pubblicati sul manoscritto originale (Italian) Ariosto in…