Antigone"". Tragedy in five acts in verse, written by French playwright and poet Jean de Rotrou (1609-1650) in 1636 or 1637. It was first performed at the Hotel de Bourgogne in Paris in 1637, although it was not published until 1639. Antigone is arrested by Creon's soldiers for seeking to give her brothers an honourable burial. Illustration for the frontispiece of the play, drawn and engraved by Claude Vignon (1593-1670) and Michel Lasne (1595-1667). Paris, chez Antoine de Sommaville et Toussaint Quinet, 1640 (as it appears on the frontispiece). XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.
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Antigone"". Tragedy in five acts in verse, written by French playwright and poet Jean de Rotrou (1609-1650) in 1636 or 1637. It was first performed at the Hotel de Bourgogne in Paris in 1637, although it was not published until 1639. Antigone is arrested by Creon's soldiers for seeking to give her brothers an honourable burial. Illustration for the frontispiece of the play, drawn and engraved by Claude Vignon (1593-1670) and Michel Lasne (1595-1667). Paris, chez Antoine de Sommaville et Toussaint Quinet, 1640 (as it appears on the frontispiece). XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.

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19e siècle

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