Le Comte d’Essex de Claude Boyer : Élisabeth ou la confusion des rôles

In France, the story of the Earl of Essex inspired three tragedies. Two of them, written respectively by Thomas Corneille and Claude Boyer, were performed in 1678, in the course of only a few weeks. However, the way the topic was dealt with is different in the two plays. Even though Boyer’s play can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Florence de Caigny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2009-10-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/686