Paris in the 18th century Picpus. Among those executed in the last great surge of the reign of terror were the eminent chemist Lavoisier (8 May 1794) and the poet Andre Chenier, executed 25 July 1794, just two days before the end of the Terror. On June 8, 1793, at the debut of the new wave of terror, Robespierre presided over the Festival of the Supreme Being in the huge amphitheater on the Champs de Mars which had been constructed in 1790 for the first anniversary of the Revolution; the ceremony was designed by the painter David, and featured a ten-hour parade, bonfires a statue
French history in the English-speaking theatre being suspected and dies (1543). John Crowne wrote "The History of Charles the Eighth of France, or The Invasion of Naples by the French" (1672), based on events during the reign of Charles VIII of France, king from 1483 to 1498. John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee wrote "The Duke of Guise" (1683), based on events during the reign of Henry III of France. Edmund John Eyre wrote "The Maid of Normandy; or, the Death of the Queen of France" (1794) concerning Charlotte Corday's murder of Jean-Paul Marat (1793) during the Reign of Terror. Tom Taylor wrote "Jeanne d'Arc" (1871), based