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List of French playwrights. 2 languages. ... This is an incomplete list of playwrights from France in chronological order, according to date of birth.
Also: France: People: By occupation: Theatre people / Writers: Dramatists and playwrights Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
18th-century French dramatists and playwrights (314 P) 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights (1 C, 611 P) 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights (317 P)
Pages in category "18th-century French dramatists and playwrights" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 314 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 18th century French theatre flourished with influential playwrights such as Voltaire, known for works such as Œdipe (1718) and Zaïre (1732), and Marivaux, whose comedies explored the complexities of love, while Denis Diderot introduced the Bourgeois tragedy, and Beaumarchais revolutionized comedy with Le Barbier de Séville (1775) and Le ...
Jean-Baptiste Racine (/ r æ ˈ s iː n / rass-EEN, US also / r ə ˈ s iː n / rə-SEEN; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʁasin]; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature.
Pages in category "17th-century French dramatists and playwrights" The following 111 pages are in this category, out of 111 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a category for works by playwrights of France. For plays in the French language , created by either citizens of France or francophone playwrights in other countries, please use Category:French-language plays .