Tragedy
It is notable there are more tragedies than comedies in the repertoire.
- Alcionée, by Pierre Du Ryer
- Le Cid, by Pierre Corneille
- Cinna, by Pierre Corneille
- Héraclius, by Pierre Corneille
- Horace, by Pierre Corneille
- Marianne, by Tristan L'Hermite
- La Mort de Crispe, by François de Grenaille
- La Mort de Pompée, by Pierre Corneille
- Oreste et Pilade, by François-Joseph de Chancel
- Rodogune, by Pierre Corneille
- Scévole, by Pierre du Ryer
- Venceslas, by Jean Rotrou
- Zénobie, by Jean Magnon
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“The Taylor and the Painter often contribute to the Success of a Tragedy more than the Poet. Scenes affect ordinary Minds as much as Speeches; and our Actors are very sensible, that a well-dressed Play has sometimes brought them as full Audiences, as a well-written one.... But however the Show and Outside of the Tragedy may work upon the Vulgar, the more understanding Part of the Audience immediately see through it, and despise it.”
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