Gabriel Gilbert (c.1620 – c.1680) was a 17th-century
French poet and
playwright
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He was secretary of
duchesse de Rohan and secretary of commandments by
Christina, Queen of Sweden in 1656.
He wrote
tragicomedies and
tragedies, including ''Marguerite de France'', ''Téléphonte'', ''Rodogune'', ''Sémiramis'', ', ''Les Amours de Diane et d'Endymion''.
Publications
*1641: ''Marguerite de France'', tragicomedy
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*1642: ''Téléphonte'', five-act tragicomedy in verse Text online
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*1646: ''Rodogune'', tragicomedy Text online
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*1646: ''Hypolite, ou Le garçon insensible'', tragedy, Text online
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*1647: ''Sémiramis'', tragedy, Text online
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*1650: ''Panégyrique des dames'', dedicated to Mademoiselle
*1656: ''L'Art de plaire''
text online
*1657: ''Les Amours de Diane et d'Endimion'', tragedy Text online
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*1659: ''Chresphonte, ou le Retour des Héraclides dans le Péloponèse'', tragicomedy
*1659: ''Ode à son Eminence''
*1660: ''Arie et Petus, ou les Amours de Néron'', tragedy
*1661: ''Les Poésies diverses de M. Gilbert''
*1663: ''Les Amours d'Ovide'' pastorale héroïque
*1664: ''Les Amours d'Angélique et de Médor'', tragicomedy
text online
*1667: ''Les Intrigues amoureuses'', comedy
*1672: ''Les Peines et les Plaisirs de l'amour'', pastorale, presented at the Académie royale de musique
*1680: ''Les Psaumes en vers français''
Bibliography
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External links
Gilbert and his theatre plays
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17th-century French dramatists and playwrights
17th-century French poets
17th-century French male writers
1620s births
1680 deaths