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 | | JODELLE, ETIENNE, seigneur de Limodin (1532-1573), "rench dramatist and poet, was born in Paris of a noble family, le attached himself to the poetic circle of the Pleiade (see DAURAT) and proceeded to apply the principles of the reformers o> dramatic composition. |
 | | Jodelle aimed at creating a classical drama that should be in every respect different from the moralities and soties that then occupied the French stage, lis first play, Clandopatre captive, was represented before the court at Reims in 1552. |
 | | But the play was the starting-point of French classical tragedy, and was soon followed by the Meaee (1553) of Jean de la Peruse and the Aman (1561) of Andr6 de Rivaudeau. |
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