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The present discussion of literary figures of the seventeenth century opens with Descartes, because of his importance, even though he appeared as stage character several years later than some of the other figures did.
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Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, René Descartes, trait historique en deux actes en prose (Paris: Barba, 1796), P. IV.
Cf. Charles Adams, Vie et œuvre de Descartes (Paris: Cerf, 1910), chap, iii, and Jacques Chevalier, Descartes (Paris: Plon-Nourrit, Cie., 1924), pp. 78-80.
It claimed to be equal to the Théâtre Français, from where it won several of the best actors, including Monvel who played the role of Descartes. Cf. Charles-G. Etienne et Alphonse Martainville, Histoire du Théâtre Français (Paris: Barba, 1802), II, 115.
Cf. Gustave Desnoiresterres, La comédie satirique au XVIIIe siècle (Paris: Perrin, 1885), p. 30. The ring was for many years worn by Monvel whenever he acted the principal part in Fénelon.
Robert Merry, Fénelon or the Nuns of Cambray, a serious drama in 3 Acts (London: J. Parsons, 1795).
No name of author is given on the title page, but Théodore Muret states that the author was Eugène Scribe. Cf. Théodore Muret, L’Histoire par le théâtre (Paris: Amyot, 1865), II, 106–107.
Cf. N. G. Arvin, Eugène Scribe and the French Theater (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1924), pp. 6–7.
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Kadler, E.H. (1969). Descartes, Malherbe, Madame de Sevigne, Fenelon, Mademoiselle de Scudery, Scarron, Saint-Evremond. In: Literary Figures in French Drama (1784–1834). International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales D’histoire des Idées. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6125-3_2
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