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Gaspard Abeille (Riez, 1648 – Paris, 22 May 1718) was a French lyric and tragic poetry poet. He received the title of Abbé and in 1704 was elected a member of the Académie française. His brother Scipion was also a poet and a surgeon.

Plays

• Argélie, reine de Thessalie, five-act tragedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne, novembre 1673
• Coriolan, five-act tragedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre de l'Hôtel Guénégaud, 24 janvier 1676
• Lyncée, five-act tragedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne, 25 février 1678
• Soliman, five-act tragedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne, 11 octobre 1680
• Crispin bel esprit, one-act comedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre de l'Hôtel Guénégaud, 11 juillet 1681
• Hercule, five-act tragedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre de l'Hôtel Guénégaud, 7 novembre 1681

References

1. Hawkins, Frederick (1970). Annals of the French Stage. Haskell House Publishers. pp. 98–99.
2. Shakespeare, William (1889). The Works of William Shakespeare. Scribner and Welford. p. 220.

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