Édouard Bourdet

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From Sport to Spectacle: The History of the Super Bowl

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Born	1887 • Saint-Germain-en-Laye • France
Died	January 17, 1945 (aged 58) • Paris • France
Notable Works	“L’Homme enchaîné” • “Le Rubicon” • “The Captive” • “Vient de paraître”

Émile Fabre

French dramatist

Molière

French dramatist

Voltaire

French philosopher and author

Pierre Marivaux

French author

Dancourt, detail of an oil painting by Gabriel Gence, 1706; in the collection of the Comédie-Française, Paris

Florent Carton Dancourt

French author

Philippe Fabre d’Églantine

French dramatist

Bellecour

French playwright

Pierre Corneille

French poet and dramatist

Jules Romains

French author

Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac

French author

Lesage, engraving by J.-B. Guelard, 18th century

Alain-René Lesage

French author

Jean de La Taille

French author

Eugène-Marin Labiche

French dramatist

Ludovic Halévy

French author

Népomucène Lemercier

French author

Octave Mirbeau

French author

Étienne Jodelle

French author

Jacques Grévin

French author

Émile Augier

French dramatist

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

French author

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