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date: 13 February 2025

Dumas, Alexandre, père [Davy de la Pailleterie] 

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The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Author(s):
Phyllis HartnollPhyllis Hartnoll, Peter FoundPeter Found

(1802–70),French novelist and playwright, of Creole parentage, Dumas being the name of his West Indian grandmother. He is now chiefly remembered for his novels, but his plays were important in the French Romantic movement. His historical drama ... ...

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