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    Jean-François Regnard (7 February 1655 – 4 September 1709), "the most distinguished, after Molière, of the comic poets of the seventeenth century", was...
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  • Notable people with the surname include: Jean-François Regnard (1655–1709), French writer and dramatist François Regnard (c. 1530 – c. 1600), Franco-Flemish...
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    music from "Mr. Seedo." The Intriguing Chambermaid (1734), after Jean-François Regnard An Old Man Taught Wisdom, or The Virgin Unmasked, A Farce (1734)...
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    roles for Pierrot were Jean de Palaprat, Claude-Ignace Brugière de Barante, Antoine Houdar de la Motte, and Jean-François Regnard. They present him as an...
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  • 383 pages. Jean-François Regnard, Théâtre français (Paris: Éditions Classiques Garnier, 2015), vol. 1, 687 pages. Jean-François Regnard, Théâtre français...
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  • universel by Jean-François Regnard, directed by Georges Douking, Théâtre des Célestins 1949: Héloïse et Abélard by Roger Vailland, directed by Jean Marchat...
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    three acts by the French composer André Campra. The libretto is by Jean-François Regnard. It was first performed on 20 January 1699 by the Académie royale...
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    Racine's, enjoyed momentary success Jean-François Regnard (1655–1709) Le Joueur (comedy) 1696 Le Distrait (comedy) 1697 Jean Galbert de Campistron (1656–1723)...
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  • Racine's, had a momentary success Jean-François Regnard (1655–1709) Le Joueur (comedy) - 1696 Le Distrait (comedy) - 1697 Jean Galbert de Campistron (1656–1723)...
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  • It is inspired by the 1696 play Le Joueur by the French writer Jean-François Regnard, with numerous changes made to reflect its English setting most...
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  • (1655–1733) Jean-François Regnard (1655–1709) Jean Galbert de Campistron (1656–1723) Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757) Louis (or Jean) de Mailly...
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    comic poet, who wrote the story known as the Beautiful Provençal, Jean-François Regnard, captured in 1678. Famous Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, author...
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    Les Alliés École maternelle Jean-François Regnard École élémentaire Georges Leplâtre École élémentaire Jean-François Regnard École élémentaire Charles Péguy...
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  • inaugural production, Les Folies amoureuses by French dramatist Jean-François Regnard, was the inaugural independent French-language play to be considered...
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  • the title, The School For Lies. Also in 2011 his adaptation of Jean-Francois Regnard’s Le Legataire universel premiered at the Shakespeare Theatre Company...
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    Jesuit Brother, architect and painter (b. 1642) September 4 – Jean-François Regnard, French comic poet (b. 1655) September 7 – Gunno Dahlstierna, Swedish...
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    1937: Les Corbeaux by Henry Becque 1937: Le Légataire universel by Jean-François Regnard, directed by Pierre Dux 1937: L'Illusion comique by Pierre Corneille...
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  • continued her successes in soubrette parts in the plays of Molière and Jean-François Regnard. She retired finally at the age of sixty, but troubled times had...
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  • Almyna, or The Arabian Vow Mary Pix (attr.) – Adventures in Madrid Jean-François Regnard – Le Légataire universel (The Residuary Legatee) John Vanbrugh –...
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  • Racine (1639–1699) Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu (1639–1720) Jean-François Regnard (1655–1709) André Chénier (1762–1794) Marie-Joseph de Chénier (1764–1811)...
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    William "Tangier" Smith, Moroccan mayor (d. 1705) February 7 – Jean-François Regnard, French comic poet (d. 1709) February 14 – Jacques-Nicolas Colbert...
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    by Auguste-Hyacinthe Debay; André Grétry, by Victor Vilain [fr]; Jean-François Regnard, by Théodore-Charles Gruyère; Jacques Cœur, by Élias Robert; Enguerrand...
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    the Maréchal de la Motte included 'a pair of Mechlin ruffles'. Jean-François Regnard, when visiting Flanders in 1681, wrote of the lace and lace-makers...
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  • producer. Former student of les Beaux-Arts in Lille, he then joined the TNP Jean Vilar. His brother Renaud Verley is also an actor. In the mid-1970s, he devoted...
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    esclaves (1725). Jean-François Regnard and Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747) also had great success with comedies of manners, such as Regnard's Le Légataire universel...
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    Charles V had picked up the bottle for closer examination. When Jean François Regnard visited Copenhagen in 1681, he was shown one of Margaret's children...
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  • (1665). Jean de Palaprat Claude-Ignace Brugière de Barante Antoine Houdar de la Motte Jean-François Regnard. Pierre-François Biancolelli Jean-Baptiste...
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    became elected councillor in the French Consulate in Houston when Damien Regnard has been inaugurated as senator representing French citizens abroad in...
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  • as follows: The Liar by Pierre Corneille The Heir Apparent by Jean-François Regnard The Metromaniacs by Alexis Piron School for Lies, based on Molière's...
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    Scapin Molière Le Sicilien ou L'Amour peintre Les Folies amoureuses Jean-François Regnard La Centième Nuit Yukio Mishima 1983 L'Île des esclaves Pierre de...
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