Little is known of the life of Gillet de La Tessonerie. His birth and date of death are tentatively given as 1620 and 1660. He was a member of the council of the Cour des Monnaies in 1642, and wrote nine plays between 1640 and 1657. Peggy Chaplin is a lecturer in French, specialising in seventeenth-century theatre, at the University of Keele.

• Frontispice de l'edition de 1645 (Cliche: British Library)INTRODUCTIONLa Dynamique de l'Art de regnerLe Jeu des acteurs, le decor et la question du rideauUn Roi modeleEtablissement du texteFrontispice de l'edition allemande de 1661 (Cliche: British Library)BIBLIOGRAPHIEL'art de RegnerDedicaceDessein du poeme de l'Art de regnerActe PremierActe IIActe IIIActe IVActe VNotes

Little is known of the life of Gillet de La Tessonerie. His birth and date of death are tentatively given as 1620 and 1660. He was a member of the council of the Cour des Monnaies in 1642, and wrote nine plays between 1640 and 1657. Peggy Chaplin is a lecturer in French, specialising in seventeenth-century theatre, at the University of Keele.

• Frontispice de l'edition de 1645 (Cliche: British Library)INTRODUCTIONLa Dynamique de l'Art de regnerLe Jeu des acteurs, le decor et la question du rideauUn Roi modeleEtablissement du texteFrontispice de l'edition allemande de 1661 (Cliche: British Library)BIBLIOGRAPHIEL'art de RegnerDedicaceDessein du poeme de l'Art de regnerActe PremierActe IIActe IIIActe IVActe VNotes

Little is known of the life of Gillet de La Tessonerie. His birth and date of death are tentatively given as 1620 and 1660. He was a member of the council of the Cour des Monnaies in 1642, and wrote nine plays between 1640 and 1657. Peggy Chaplin is a lecturer in French, specialising in seventeenth-century theatre, at the University of Keele.

• Frontispice de l'edition de 1645 (Cliche: British Library)INTRODUCTIONLa Dynamique de l'Art de regnerLe Jeu des acteurs, le decor et la question du rideauUn Roi modeleEtablissement du texteFrontispice de l'edition allemande de 1661 (Cliche: British Library)BIBLIOGRAPHIEL'art de RegnerDedicaceDessein du poeme de l'Art de regnerActe PremierActe IIActe IIIActe IVActe VNotes