Word: richepin
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Although the most recent manifestations of the heroic drama are associated with the names of Henri de Bornier and M. Edmond Rostand, there are other names which should not be forgotten. Such are Francois Coppee and M. Jean Richepin who have courageously continued on the French stage the waning tradition of tragedy in verse. Just a word in passing should be said in regard to these...
...first success of Coppee was in 1869 when both he and Madame Bernhardt won fame in "Passant," Since that time he has produced "Severe Torelli," "Jacobites," and "Pour la Couronne." Of Richepin little need be said except that his masterpiece is "Le Filibustier...
...Emile Augier's literary character, and demonstration of his rights to higher recognition as a playwright than is generally accorded him. "The Philosophy of a Modern Frenchman" starts out with the assertion that a Frenchman has no philosophy. The writer evidently counts all Frenchmen as of the school of Richepin and de Maupassant, earth-bound and with only a mud roof...
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