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A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. [1][2] The work of scribes can involve copying manuscripts and other texts as well as secretarial and administrative duties such as the taking of dictation and keeping of business, judicial, and ...
Maurice de Saxe. Adrienne Lecouvreur (5 April 1692 – 20 March 1730 [1]), born Adrienne Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. [2] Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut at the Comédie-Française in 1717, she was immensely popular with the public.
The Glass of Water. The Glass of Water: or, Effects and Causes (French: Le verre d’eau ou Les effets et les causes) is an 1840 five-act stage comedy by the French writer Eugène Scribe that is set at the court of Queen Anne of Great Britain during the early 18th century. It premiered at the Théâtre-Français in Paris on 17 November 1840 and ...
The well-made play (French: la pièce bien faite, pronounced [pjɛs bjɛ̃ fɛt]) is a dramatic genre from nineteenth-century theatre, developed by the French dramatist Eugène Scribe. It is characterised by concise plotting, compelling narrative and a largely standardised structure, with little emphasis on characterisation and intellectual ideas.
Scriptorium. Miniature of Vincent of Beauvais writing in a manuscript of the Speculum Historiale in French, Bruges, c. 1478–1480, British Library Royal 14 E. i, vol. 1, f. 3, probably representing the library of the Dukes of Burgundy. A scriptorium (/ skrɪpˈtɔːriəm / ⓘ) [1] was a writing room in medieval European monasteries for the ...
Occupation. Playwright. Period. 19th-century. Genre. Well-made play. Signature. Victorien Sardou (/ sɑːrˈduː / sar-DOO, French: [viktɔʁjɛ̃ saʁdu]; 5 September 1831 – 8 November 1908) was a French dramatist. [1] He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. [2]
Istanbul, 1878. An écrivain public in Chambéry, France. A historical reenactment of a 15th-century scrivener recording the will of a man-at-arms. A scrivener (or scribe) was a person who, before the advent of compulsory education, could read and write or who wrote letters as well as court and legal documents.
Adrienne Lecouvreur (play) Adrienne Lecouvreur. (play) Adrienne Lecouvreur ( French pronunciation: [adʁijɛn ləkuvʁœʁ]) is a French tragic play written by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe. It portrays the life of the leading French actress of the eighteenth century Adrienne Lecouvreur and her mysterious death. It was produced April 14, 1849.