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| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Rotrou, Jean de |
(zhäN d rôtr ´) (KEY) , 1609–50, French dramatist. One of the Cinq auteurs, five playwrights commissioned by Cardinal Richelieu, Rotrou wrote many plays, including the noble and effective tragedies Saint-Genest (1646) and Venceslas (1647). He was a friend and rival of Corneille. |
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