Henri III et sa cour (English spelling)

…He wrote over 300 works in a wide range of genres, including plays, histories, novels, and travelogues. He led a dynamic and eventful life, making him the most popular and productive author of the 19th century. He began writing popular plays in 1825, and his play Henri III et sa cour, performed at the Comédie-Française in 1829, was the first successful romantic play, preceding Hugo's Hernani (1830). His Antony (1831) was performed 130 times in succession in Paris, and was an unprecedented success in the provinces as well. He was blessed with such great actors as Bocage, Frédéric Lemaitre, and Marie d'Orville, and wrote such plays as The Tower of Nehre (1832) and Keen, Madness and Genius (1836).…

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…劇，歴史，小説，旅行記などさまざまな分野にわたる300以上の作品を書き，旺盛な活動力で波瀾に富んだ生涯を送り，19世紀で最も大衆に人気のあった豊饒の作家。1825年から大衆劇を世に問い，29年にコメディ･フランセーズで上演した《アンリ3世とその宮廷Henri III et sa cour》は，ユゴーの《エルナニ》(1830)に先がけて成功した最初のロマン派劇であり，《アントニー》(1831)は連続して130回もパリで上演され，地方でも空前の大成功をおさめた。ボカージュ，フレデリック･ルメートル，マリー･ドルビルらの名優に恵まれ，《ネールの塔》(1832)，《キーン，狂気と天才》(1836。…

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