John Bale ( 1495 1563 ) wrote an early historical verse drama on " ( talk ) 14 : 21, 6 January 2009 ( UTC)
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The verse drama by Fran�ois Ponsard, first staged in 1866, was set in 1796, in the period following the Reign of Terror in France.
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Tony Harrison's verse drama about the destructive properties of gases through the ages, was a flop in the same theater, averaging 70 percent empty seats.
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John Milton wrote " Samson Agonistes " as verse drama, and had contemplated writing " Paradise Lost " in that form at an early stage.
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S�jour then turned away from written fiction, and composed an ode to Napoleon in 1841 and the verse drama " The Jew of Seville " in 1844.
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The French dramatist Edmond Rostand made Melisende the main character in his verse drama " La Princesse Lointaine ", in which she was played by Sarah Bernhardt.
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Other works of social commentary included the verse drama, " State Occasion " written in 1939 in response to Catholic University in Washington, D . C.
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Unlike any other " alternative Shakespeare ", Marlowe was a brilliant poet and dramatist already and was the main creator of so-called " Shakespearian " blank verse drama.
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"Augustine's Oak, " a new verse drama by Peter Oswald, will complete the repertory line-up, running May 13-Sept . 26.
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But by choosing mostly from his longer work including an excerpt from " Mordred " ( one of his verse dramas ) he did not choose his best work.
