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François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel
François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel (January 1, 1677 – December 26, 1758) was a French playwright and satirist. Biography He was an extremely precocious boy, and at Bordeaux, where he was educated, he produced a play when he was nine years old. Five years later his mother took him to Paris, where he found a patron. in the princesse de Conti, to whom he dedicated his tragedy of ''Jugurtha'' or, as it was called later, ''Adherbal'' (1694). Racine had given him advice and was present at the first performance, although he had long lived in complete retirement. Other plays followed: ''Oreste et Pylade'' (1697), ''Méleagre'' (1699), ''Amasis'' (1701), and ''Ino et Mélicerte'' (1715). Lagrange hardly realized the high hopes raised by his precocity, although his only serious rival on the tragic stage was Campistron, but he obtained high favour at court, becoming ''maître d'hôtel'' to the duchess of Orléans. This prosperity ended with the publication in 1720 of his ''Philippiques' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razac-sur-l'Isle
Razac-sur-l'Isle (, literally ''Razac on the Isle''; oc, Rasac d'Eila) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Razac station has rail connections to Bordeaux, Périgueux, Brive-la-Gaillarde and Limoges. Population See also *Communes of the Dordogne department The following is a list of the 503 communes of the Dordogne department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Dordogne {{Dordogne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merope (Voltaire)'
Merope (; Greek: Μερόπη) was originally the name of several, probably unrelated, characters in Greek mythology. The name may refer to: Greek mythology * Merope (mythology), name of Greek mythological characters. Books and music * ''Merope'', an 18th-century opera libretto written by Apostolo Zeno and set to music by a number of composers, including Geminiano Giacomelli and Riccardo Broschi * Merope Riddle (née Gaunt), mother of Lord Voldemort in the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling * ''Merope'' (play), a 1731 play by George Jeffreys * ''Mérope'', a 1743 play by Voltaire * Merope Ward, a main character in the 2010 two-part novel '' Blackout/All Clear'' by Connie Willis * "Merope", tragic poem by Matthew Arnold, 1858 Plants and animals * ''Merope'' (insect), a genus of Mecoptera * ''Merope'' (plant), a plant genus in the subfamily Aurantioideae Astronomy * 1051 Merope, an asteroid * Merope (star), in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |