Claude Deschamps (c. 1600 – 1681), better known as de Villiers, was a French playwright and actor. His 1660
tragicomedy
Tragicomedy is a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragedy, tragic and comedy, comic forms. Most often seen in drama, dramatic literature, the term can describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the ov ...
, ''Le Festin de pierre ou le Fils criminel'', was a forerunner of
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...
's ''
Dom Juan
''Dom Juan ou le Festin de Pierre'' ("Don Juan or The Feast of Stone") is a five-act 1665 comedy by Molière based upon the Spanish legend of Don Juan, Don Juan Tenorio. The aristocrat Dom Juan is a Rake (stock character), rake who seduces, marri ...
''. He also wrote
burlesque
A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. comedies ''L'Apothicaire dévalisé'' (1660) and ''Les Ramoneurs'' (1662). As an actor, de Villiers often played servant roles and participated in the
Théâtre du Marais and
Hôtel de Bourgogne troupes.
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His plays and their presentationso
CÉSAR
17th-century French male actors
French male stage actors
17th-century French dramatists and playwrights
17th-century French male writers
1681 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
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