Samuel Chappuzeau

Samuel Chappuzeau (16 June 1625, Paris – 31 August 1701) was a French scholar, author, poet and playwright whose best-known work today is ''Le Théâtre François'', a description of French Theatre in the seventeenth century.

Chappuzeau's play ''Le Cercle des Femmes'' is widely regarded as one of the main sources for Molière's masterpiece ''Les Précieuses Ridicules'', but his influence on the "Golden Age of French Drama" has in the past been seriously underestimated. Among other things, Chappuzeau played a substantial part in "discovering" Molière when he gave his travelling troupe a glowing review in his book ''Lyon dans son lustre'' in 1656.

Chappuzeau is credited with a number of "firsts," including being the first writer to introduce satire to French farce, and the first to set a play in China.

Later, he composed Tavernier's famous travel guides from notes and dictation, though this task seems to have been forced upon him, much against his will, by the King (Louis XIV).

Chappuzeau also wrote sermons, odes, dictionaries, and geographical books, and was still working on his ''Nouveau Dictionaire'' almost up to his death. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Entretiens Familiers pour l'instruction de la noblesse étrangère ... by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1671
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    <<Le>> théâtre françois by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1875
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    L' Europe vivante, ou relation nouvelle historique et politique de tous ses estats by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1667
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    L' Europe vivante, ou relation nouvelle historique et politique de tous ses estats by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1669
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    Le théatre François by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1674
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    Relation de l'estat present de la maison électorale ... de Bavière by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1673
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    Le Riche mécontent ou le partisan dupé comédie by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1677
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    Le partisan dupé comédie by Chappuzeau, Samuel 1625-1701

    Published 1670
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    <<Le>> théâtre françois / by Chappuzeau, Samuel, 1625-1701

    Published 1876
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