Composers and their stage works 


Alexandre Hardy

French dramatist: born Paris c 1570; died Paris 1632

Stage Works

The dating of Hardy's plays is by no means certain. Dates more precise than those given below are suspect and should be carefully examined.

Tragedies

  1. Alcmeon, ou La vengeance feminine (Alcmaeon, or Feminine Vengeance). Written 1615/25. Published 1628.
  2. Coriolan (Coriolanus). Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
  3. Didon se sacrifiant (Dido Sacrificing Herself). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
  4. Lucrèce (Lucretia). Written 1615/25. Published 1628.
  5. Mariamne. Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
  6. Méléagre (Meleager). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
  7. La mort d'Achille (The Death of Achilles). Written ca. 1605/15. Published 1625.
  8. La mort d'Alexandre (The Death of Alexander). Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
  9. La mort de Daïre (The Death of Darius). Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
  10. Panthée (Pantheus). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
  11. Scédase, ou L'hospitalité violée (Scédase, or Violated Hospitality). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
  12. Timoclee (Timocleus). Written 1605/15. Published 1628.

Tragi-comedies

  1. Alceste (Alcestis). Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
  2. Ariadne ravie (Ariadne Ravished). Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
  3. Aristoclée. Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
  4. Arsacomé. Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
  5. La belle égyptienne (The Beautiful Egyptian Woman). Written 1620/ 25. Published 1628. Based on a story by Miguel de Cervantes.
  6. Cornélie (Cornelia). Written 1615/25. Published 1625.
  7. Dorise. Written 1620/25. Published 1626.
  8. Elmire, ou L'heureuse bigamie (Elmira, or The Happy Bigamy). Written 1615/25. Published 1628. Based on the legend of the Count of Gleichen.
  9. Felismène. Written 1615/25. Published 1626.
  10. La force du sang (Force of Blood). Written 1615/25. Published 1626.
  11. Frégonde. Written 1620/25. Published 1626.
  12. Gésippe, ou Les deux amis (Gésippe, or The Two Friends). Written 1610/20. Published 1626. Based on a tale by Boccaccio.
  13. La gigantomachie (The Gigantomachy). Dramatic poem. Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
  14. Phraarte. Written 1610/20. Published 1626. Based on a play by Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio.
  15. Procris. Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
  16. Le ravissement de Proserpine (The Rape of Proserpine). Dramatic poem. Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
  17. Théagène et Chariclée (Theagenes and Chariclea). Written ca. 1612? Published 1623.

Pastorals

  1. Alcée (Alcaeus). Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
  2. Alphée, ou La justice d'amour (Alpheus, or The Justice of Love). Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
  3. L'amour victorieux ou vengé (Love Victorious or Avenged). Written 1615/25. Published 1628.
  4. Corine, ou Le silence (Corine, or The Silence). Written ca. 1613. Published 1626.
  5. Triomphe d'amour (Triumph of Love). Written 1610/20. Published 1626.