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Troupe Of The Comédie-Française In 1752
Composition of the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1752 The theatrical year began 10 April 1752 (the day before Palm) and ended 14 April 1753. Director : Sources * '' Almanach historique et chronologique de tous les spectacles'', Paris 1753. {{DEFAULTSORT:Troupe of the Comedie-Francaise in 1752 1752 In the British Empire, it was the only leap year with 355 days, as September 3–13 were skipped when the Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – The British Empire (except Scotland, which h ... 1752 in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troupe Of The Comédie-Française In 1680
Composition of the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1680 As of 24 August 1680, La Grange (actor), La Grange set in his register: :« ''Jonction de la Troupe Royalle cy-devant à l'Hôtel de Bourgogne (theatre), hostel de bourgogne avec Guénégaud Theatre, la nostre suivant les ordres du Roy'' ». The new troupe consisted of 27 people, that is 15 actors and 12 actresses. The first performance took place on 25 August with ''Phèdre'' by Jean Racine, Racine and ''Les Carosses d'Orléans'' by Jean de La Chapelle, La Chapelle. Sources Bert Edward Young and Grace Philputt Young, ''Le registre de La Grange (1659-1685)'', Paris, E. Droz, 1947, vol. I, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Troupe of the Comedie-Francaise in 1680 Troupe of the Comédie-Française, 1680 1680 in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Anne Pauline Du Mont
Marie-Anne Pauline Du Mont, stage name Mademoiselle Lavoy (fl. 1739 – 1793), was a French stage actress.Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879 She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1734. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française The sociétaires of the Comédie-Française are chosen from among the ''pensionnaires'' who have been in the company a year or more. They are decided upon in the course of a general assembly of the company's administrative committee, made up of 6 e ... in 1740. She retired in 1759. She played the confidants of heroines, secondary heroines and shared character parts with Mademoiselle de La Motte. References External links Mademoiselle Lavoy Comédie-Française 18th-century births 1793 deaths 18th-century French actresses French stage actresses {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Spectacles De Paris
''Les Spectacles de Paris'' was a French theatrical almanac which appeared in Paris (from the Duchesne press) from 1751 to 1797 without break. It followed the ''Almanach des théâtres'', printed by Ballard, in 1744 and 1745. Over its 46-year life, it changed its name several times : * 1751 : ''Calendrier historique des théâtres de l'Opéra, et des Comédies Françoise et Italienne et des Foires'' * 1752 : ''Almanach historique et chronologique de tous les spectacles'' * 1753 : ''Calendrier historique des théâtres de l'Opéra, et des Comédies Françoise et Italienne et des Foires'' * 1754 : ''Les Spectacles de Paris, ou suite du Calendrier historique et chronologique des théâtres'' * 1763 : ''Les Spectacles de Paris, ou Calendrier historique & chronologique des théâtres'' * 1791 : ''Almanach général de tous les spectacles de Paris et des provinces'' * 1792 : ''Les Spectacles de Paris, et de toute la France, ou Calendrier historique & chronologique des théâtres''. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Claude Gilles Colson
Bellecour (16 January 172519 November 1778) was a French actor, whose real name was Jean Claude Gilles Colson. Life Colson was as the son of a portrait-painter. He initially studied fine art, then began acting under the name of Bellecour. After playing in the provinces he was called to the Comédie-Française, but his debut, on 21 December 1750, as Achilles in '' Iphigénie'' was not a great success. He soon turned to comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ... roles, and acted primarily in comedies over the next thirty years. He wrote a successful play, ''Fausses apparences'' (1761), and was useful to the Comédie-Française in editing and adapting the plays of others. His wife, Rose Perrine le Roy de la Corbinaye, was a famous actress. See also * Troupe of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lekain
Lekain was the stage name of Henri Louis Cain (31 March 1728 – 8 February 1778), a French actor. Early career He was born in Paris, the son of a silversmith. He was educated at the Collège Mazarin, and joined an amateur company of players against which the Comédie-Française obtained an injunction. Voltaire supported him for a time and enabled him to act in his private theatre and also before the duchess of Maine. Comédie-Française He made his debut at the Comédie-Française on 14 September 1750 in the role of Titus in Voltaire's ''Brutus'' and performed Seïde in Voltaire's '' Mahomet'' on 30 September. Owing to the hostility of the actors it was only after a struggle of seventeen months that, by the command of King Louis XV he was accepted at the Comédie-Française (see Troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1752). He had performed the leading role of Orosmane at court in Voltaire's ''Zaïre'', causing Louis XV to declare: "He made me weep, and I never weep." Lekain was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste De La Noue
Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue (20 October 1701 – 13 November 1760) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright. Biography He studied at collège d'Harcourt in Paris. After he made his debut as a comedian in Lyon around 1721 and directed the company of Rouen for six years, he joined the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1742 of which he became the 122nd sociétaire the same year. He retired in 1757. He composed about ten comedies, including ''Mahomet second'' (1739)Not to be mistaken for the unfinished homonymous play by Marivaux (1733). parodied the same year by Charles-Simon Favart Charles Simon Favart (13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him. Biography Born in Paris, the son of a pastry-cook, he was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, a ... under the title ''Moulinet premier'', ''Zélisca'' (1746) and ''La Coquette corrigée'' (1756). Bibliography * References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Jeanne Brillant
Marie-Jeanne Brillant (1724–1775), was a French stage actress.Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879 She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1750. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française The sociétaires of the Comédie-Française are chosen from among the ''pensionnaires'' who have been in the company a year or more. They are decided upon in the course of a general assembly of the company's administrative committee, made up of 6 e ... in 1750. She retired in 1767. References External links Marie-Jeanne Brillant Comédie-Française 1724 births 1775 deaths 18th-century French actresses French stage actresses {{France-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Bellecour
Rose Perrine le Roy de la Corbinaye (December 10, 1730August 5, 1799) was a French actress, best known under the name of Madame Bellecour. Biography Le Roy was born at Lamballe as the daughter of an artillery officer. Under the stage name of “an itinerant comic actor” Beaumenard, le Roy made her first Paris appearance in 1743 as Gogo in Charles Simon Favart's ''Le Coq du village''. After a year at the Opéra-Comique, she played in several companies, including that of Marshal Saxe, who is said to have been not insensible to her charms. In 1749, she made her debut at the Comédie-Française as Dorine in ''Tartuffe'', and her success was immediate. Le Roy retired in 1756, but after an absence of five years, during which she married Jean Claude Gilles Colson ("Bellecour"), she reappeared as Madame Bellecour, and continued her successes in soubrette parts in the plays of Molière and Jean-François Regnard. She retired finally at the age of sixty, but troubled times had put an en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mademoiselle Clairon
Clair Josèphe Hippolyte Leris (25 January 1723 – 29 January 1803), known as Mademoiselle Clairon or La Clairon was a French actress, born at Condé-sur-l'Escaut, Hainaut (province), Hainaut, the daughter of an army sergeant. She is primarily known for developing a new style of acting in which she encouraged focus on the emotional connection between the actor and the character they played instead of what she saw as the stiff portrayals of characters traditionally performed in one manner. In 1736 she made her first stage appearance, at age 12, at the Comédie Italienne, a small part in Pierre de Marivaux's ''L'Île des esclaves''. After several years in the provinces she returned to Paris. Her memoirs, ''Mémoires d'Hippolyte Clairon'' (1798) are filled with her own thoughts about the acting styles and theatrical elements such as makeup and costume. In her memoirs, she establishes her opinions on a new style of acting in which the actor use inspiration from their own emotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Drouin
Françoise-Marie-Jeanne-Elisabeth Gaultier (1720–1803), stage name Madame Drouin, was a French stage actress.Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879 She was engaged at the Comédie-Française in 1742. She became a Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1742. She retired in 1780. Drouin was a versatile actress, which was not common during a time when most actors specialized in their one category of roles. She shared the tragedy and princess roles with Jeanne-Catherine Gaussem and the heroine roles with Marie-Geneviève Dupré, as well as the soubrette roles with Marie-Anne Botot Dangeville. When Marianne-Hélène de Mottes and Marie-Anne Pauline Du Mont Marie-Anne Pauline Du Mont, stage name Mademoiselle Lavoy (fl. 1739 – 1793), was a French stage actress.Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-François Racot De Grandval
Charles-François Racot de Grandval (25 September 1710 – 23 October 1784) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright. Some works *1732: ''Zaïre'' (actor) *1732: ''Le Bord.., ou le Jean-F..tre puni'' (with Anne Claude de Caylus) *1749: ''Agathe ou la Chaste princesse'' *1749: ''Le Pot de chambre cassé'' (également attribué à son père) *1750: ''Sirop-au-cul ou l'Heureuse délivrance'' *1755: ''Le Tempérament'' *1773: ''La nouvelle Messaline'' See also * Troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1752 Composition of the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1752 The theatrical year began 10 April 1752 (the day before Palm) and ended 14 April 1753. Director : Sources * '' Almanach historique et chronologique de tous les spectacles'', Par ... External links Charles-François Racot de Grandvalon data.bnf.fr Writers from Paris 1710 births 1784 deaths 18th-century French male actors French male stage actors 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |