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Monsieur (de) Sallebray (or Salbray, whose first name is unknown) was an 17th-century French poet and playwright.

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He may have been a bedroom valet of King Louis XIV and published five theatre plays and some poems.

Works

  • ~ 1635: Description de la belle chapelle de la maison royale de Fontainebleau, ode.
  • 1639: Le Jugement de Pâris et le ravissement d'Hélène, tragicomedy (text on Gallica)
  • 1640: La Troade, tragedy (text on Gallica)
  • 1642: L'Amante ennemie, tragicomedy (text on Gallica)
  • 1642: La Belle Égyptienne, tragicomedy (text on Gallica)
  • 1639: L'Enfer divertissant, comedy
  • 1660: Épigramme du songe du resveur
  • Quote

    In his catalogue of the Bibliothèque dramatique de Monsieur de Soleinne (n° 1177), Paul Lacroix writes: "There's something of Corneille in this author, to whom Corneille sometimes borrows thoughts and verse. This response by Andromaque to Ulysse (La Troade) is sublime: Threat me to live and not to die.

    References

    Sallebray Wikipedia