Garnier, Robert (c. 1545–1590)

French dramatist and poet. Following the example of Etienne Jodelle, he wrote Classically styled tragedies (in particular following the example of Seneca). These include: Porcie (1568), Hippolyte (1573), Antigone (1580), and Les Juives (1583), which was based on the Bible story of Nebuchadnezzar's persecution of the Jews. He also wrote a tragicomedy Bradamante (1582) based on Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso.