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
- Alcmeon, ou La vengeance feminine (Alcmaeon, or Feminine Vengeance). Written 1615/25. Published 1628.
- Coriolan (Coriolanus). Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
- Didon se sacrifiant (Dido Sacrificing Herself). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
- Lucrèce (Lucretia). Written 1615/25. Published 1628.
- Mariamne. Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
- Méléagre (Meleager). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
- La mort d'Achille (The Death of Achilles). Written ca. 1605/15. Published 1625.
- La mort d'Alexandre (The Death of Alexander). Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
- La mort de Daïre (The Death of Darius). Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
- Panthée (Pantheus). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
- Scédase, ou L'hospitalité violée (Scédase, or Violated Hospitality). Written 1605/15. Published 1624.
- Timoclee (Timocleus). Written 1605/15. Published 1628.
Tragi-comedies
- Alceste (Alcestis). Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
- Ariadne ravie (Ariadne Ravished). Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
- Aristoclée. Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
- Arsacomé. Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
- La belle égyptienne (The Beautiful Egyptian Woman). Written 1620/ 25. Published 1628. Based on a story by Miguel de Cervantes.
- Cornélie (Cornelia). Written 1615/25. Published 1625.
- Dorise. Written 1620/25. Published 1626.
- Elmire, ou L'heureuse bigamie (Elmira, or The Happy Bigamy). Written 1615/25. Published 1628. Based on the legend of the Count of Gleichen.
- Felismène. Written 1615/25. Published 1626.
- La force du sang (Force of Blood). Written 1615/25. Published 1626.
- Frégonde. Written 1620/25. Published 1626.
- Gésippe, ou Les deux amis (Gésippe, or The Two Friends). Written 1610/20. Published 1626. Based on a tale by Boccaccio.
- La gigantomachie (The Gigantomachy). Dramatic poem. Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
- Phraarte. Written 1610/20. Published 1626. Based on a play by Giambattista Giraldi Cinthio.
- Procris. Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
- Le ravissement de Proserpine (The Rape of Proserpine). Dramatic poem. Written 1605/15. Published 1626.
- Théagène et Chariclée (Theagenes and Chariclea). Written ca. 1612? Published 1623.
Pastorals
- Alcée (Alcaeus). Written 1605/15. Published 1625.
- Alphée, ou La justice d'amour (Alpheus, or The Justice of Love). Written 1610/20. Published 1624.
- L'amour victorieux ou vengé (Love Victorious or Avenged). Written 1615/25. Published 1628.
- Corine, ou Le silence (Corine, or The Silence). Written ca. 1613. Published 1626.
- Triomphe d'amour (Triumph of Love). Written 1610/20. Published 1626.