Adam de la Halle

Adam de la Halle, also called Adam le Bossu (c. 1250-c. 1288), French trouvère, or poet-composer. Born in Arras, he was a member of the retinue of Charles of Anjou, later King Charles II of Naples. Adam's prose drama, Le jeu de la feuillée (The Play of the Greensward, c. 1275), a satirical fantasy, is commonly considered the earliest comedy in French. His musical play Le jeu de Robin et Marion (The Play of Robin and Marion, c. 1280), a pastoral comedy to his own music and text, is regarded as a precursor of comic opera. Adam also composed motets and polyphonic songs.