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Tourneur

[ tur-ner ]

noun

  1. Cyril, 1575?–1626, English dramatist.


Tourneur

/ ˈtɜːnə /

noun

  1. TourneurCyril?15751626MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatist Cyril. ?1575–1626, English dramatist; author of The Atheist's Tragedy (1611) and, reputedly, of The Revenger's Tragedy (1607)


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It is very probable that Tourneur was concerned in other dramatic productions, which are either anonymous, or have been lost.

Tourneur has urged this doctrine at greater length in the second act of his "Atheist's Tragedy," 1612.

Just as the work was published, Sparrman reappeared, to the great astonishment of Le Tourneur.

No greater contrast is possible than that between our last two names—Day and Tourneur.

The Atheist's Tragedy of Tourneur (a dramatist who need not otherwise detain us) gives some measure of its intelligence and depth.

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