Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan, also known under the
pen name Fagan de Lugny, (31 March 1702 – 28 April 1755
[Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac, ''Manuel des dates en forme de dictionnaire, ou répertoire encyclopédique des dates historiques et biographiques les plus importantes'', 1839.]) was an 18th-century French
playwright.
Biography
His father, William Fagan, was a descendant of Irish refugees in France at the time of religious persecution. The King's secretary and controller of the Chancellery and the Wars, he was ruined by the bankruptcy of the and had to later settle for a more modest employment at the office of consignment at the
Parlement of Paris, where he won a position for his son who had married at the age of 20 a much older widow than him. He took a liking to theater and wrote some thirty
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presented mostly at
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,
Théâtre-Italien and
Théâtre-Français. He died of
dropsy
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at age 53.
Works
;Theatre
*1731: ''La Fausse Ridicule'',
opéra comique in 1 act and in
prose
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, with
Charles-François Panard
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, Paris,
Théâtre-Français, 12 February
*1733: ''Le Rendez-vous, ou l'Amour supposé'', one-act comedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 27 May
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*1734: ''La Grondeuse'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 11 February
*1734: ''La Pupille'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 5 July
*1735: ''L'Amitié rivale'', fice-act comedy in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 16 NovemberText online
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*1737: ''Les Originaux'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 15 July
*1737: ''L'Inquiet'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 15 July
*1737: ''Les Caractères de Thalie'', three-act comedy with a prologue
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and a divertissement, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 18 July
*1737: ''L'Étourderie'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 18 July
*1737: ''Les Originaux'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 18 July
*1739: ''Le Marié sans le savoir'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, December
*1740: ''La Servante justifiée'', opéra comique in 1 act and in prose, with Charles-Simon Favart, Paris, Théâtre de l'Opéra-comique
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, 19 March
*1740: ''La Jalousie imprévue'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre-Italien de Paris, 16 July
*1740: ''Joconde'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 5 November
*1743: ''L'Isle des talents'', comedy in 1 act and in verse, Théâtre-Italien de Paris, 19 March
*1744: ''L'Heureux Retour'', comedy in 1 act and in verse, avec Charles-François Panard, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 6 November
*1745: ''L'Amante travestie'', comedy in 1 act and in verse, Paris, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 13 May
*1748: ''La Fermière'', three-act comed, in verse, with divertissements and 1 prologue, Théâtre-Italien de Paris, 18 January
*1753: ''Les Almanachs'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 7 January
*1760: ''Théâtre de M. Fagan et autres œuvres du même auteur'', 4 vol. Text online : 1 - Théâtre-Français (a)2 - Théâtre-Français (b)3 - Théâtre-Italien4 - Théâtre de la foire
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;Varia
*1751: ''Nouvelles observations au sujet des condamnations prononcées contre les comédiens''
Bibliography
*Albert Clerc, ''Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan, auteur-comique, 1702-1755. Contribution à l'histoire de la comédie en France au XVIIIe siècle'', Paris, E. de Boccard, 1933
* Vie de Fagan, in ''Chefs-d'œuvre de Fagan'', Paris, 1789, (p. 1-9)
References
External links
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18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
1702 births
Writers from Paris
1755 deaths