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Also Known As Guillaume-Victor-Émile Augier
Born September 17, 1820 • Valence • France
Died October 25, 1889 (aged 69) • France
Notable Works “Le Gendre de Monsieur Poirier” • “Le Mariage d’Olympe”
Molière
Molière
French dramatist
Voltaire
Voltaire
French philosopher and author
Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist
Marivaux, Pierre
Pierre Marivaux
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Romains
Jules Romains
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Jean de La Taille
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Labiche
Eugène-Marin Labiche
French dramatist
Ludovic Halévy
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Dancourt, detail of an oil painting by Gabriel Gence, 1706; in the collection of the Comédie-Française, Paris
Florent Carton Dancourt
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Dumas fils
Alexandre Dumas, fils
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Népomucène Lemercier
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Étienne Jodelle
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Philippe Fabre d'Églantine, detail from an oil painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze; in the Louvre, Paris.
Philippe Fabre d’Églantine
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Jacques Grévin
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Bellecour
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Adam de la Halle, detail from a manuscript, 1278; in the Municipal Library of Arras, France (MS. No. 657)
Adam De La Halle
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Eugène Brieux (right) and Jean-Jules Jusserand.
Eugène Brieux
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Édouard Bourdet
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Pierre de Larivey
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Destouches
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