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JACQUES See also:GREVIN (c.1539—1570)
, See also:French dramatist, was See also:born at Clermont about 1539
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He studied See also:medicine at the university of See also:Paris
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He became a See also:disciple of See also:Ronsard, and was one of the See also:band of dramatists who sought to introduce the classical See also:drama in See also:France
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As Sainte-Beuve points out, the comedies of See also:Grevin show considerable See also:affinity with the farces and soties that preceded them
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His first See also:play, La 1Jaubertiiee, was lost, and formed the basis of a new See also:comedy, La Tresoriere, first performed at the See also:college of See also:Beauvais in 1558, though it had been originally composed at the See also:desire of See also:
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