Tourneur

[ tur-ner ]

/ ˈtɜr nər /

Cyril,1575?–1626, English dramatist.

Example sentences from the Web for tourneur

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

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15) |Various
The Atheist's Tragedy of Tourneur (a dramatist who need not otherwise detain us) gives some measure of its intelligence and depth.

English Literature: Modern |G. H. Mair
Tourneur's "Atheist's Tragedy" differs in many respects from all preceding revenge plays.

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

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10 (of 15) |Various

Nor am I aware of the grounds on which the authorship is60 assigned to Tourneur.

A Chronicle History of the Life and Work of William Shakespeare |Frederick Gard Fleay

Tourneur

/ (ˈtɜːnə) /

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