The New Feast of Stone or the Atheist Thunderstruck by Rosimond / Claude La Roze, sieur de Rosimond   Claude La Roze, sieur de Rosimond Born in 1640 and dying at the early age of forty-six, the life of Rosimond is not widely known. Nevertheless one can follow the traces of his career through the history of the actors and troupes of Paris. He publishes his first play in Grenoble in 1668, a farce named " Le duel fantasque ou les valets rivaux " (The Fanciful Duel or The Rival Valets) and, the same year, he arrives in Paris where he is engaged by the Théâtre du Marais. The Marais is not then as famous as at the time of Montdory. It is even highly criticised for a period at the beginning of the 1660s. It suffers from a permanent turnover of actors leaving to join Molière, or the King's Comedians at l'Hôtel de Bourgogne. Rosimond joins the troupe, at the same time as the well-known couple Champmelé . One year later, he publishes The New Feast of Stone or the Atheist Thunderstruck, a play that by its topic and spectacular production fully complies with the policy then established by La Roque, director of the Marais. This last version of Don Juan in the 17th century directly inspires Shadwell across the English Channel. In 1675, he in turn leaves the Marais to join La Grange who is beginning to rebuild the troupe of Molière, which has been under threat since the latter's death. In the same year the troupe is forced to leave the Palais Royal, and joins the Guénégaud theatre. There Rosimond plays many comic roles, borrowed from Molière. Rosimond was, it seems, a very stout man and an excessive drinker. His life ends at an inn in 1686, after the publication of a Life of the Saints and various comedies such as La Dupe Amoureuse. The legend says that he was greatly mourned by his wine merchant with whom he spent 800 livres per year!