François Parfaict, (10 May 1698 in Paris – 25 October 1753) was an 18th-century French theatre historian. His brother was

Claude Parfaict Claude Parfaict, (Paris, c.1701 – 26 June 1777) was an 18th-century French theatre historian. François Parfaict's younger brother, Claude had for theatre the same passion as his brother. Claude's most notable works were collaborations with F ...

(1701–1777), also a theatre historian. Their most notable works were collaborations, including ''Histoire du théâtre françois depuis son origine jusqu’à présent'' (15 volumes, 1734-1749) and ''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris'' (7 volumes, 1756).''Dictionnaire des théâtres de Paris''
1756
an
1767
editions at Hathitrust.

Works

* ''Le Dénouement imprévu'', comedy, with

Marivaux Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist. He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing num ...

, 1724, in-12 * ''La Fausse suivante ou le Fourbe puni'', comedy, 1724, in-12 * ''Le Quart-d’heure amusant'', January–May 1727, in-12 * ''Étrennes calotines, par le sieur Perd-la-raison'', 1729 * ''Notes'' de l’édition des ''Bains des Thermopyles par Mlle Scudéry'', 1730, in-12 * ''Aurore et Phœbus'', 1734, in-12 * ''Agenda historique et chronologique des théâtres de Paris pour l’année 1735'', in-24 * ''Histoire générale du Théâtre français depuis son origine jusqu’à présent, 1734-1749'', with his brother Claude, 15 vol. in-12 (The book was slowly published; the titles of the first volumes were remade in 1745, or reprinted. Moreri in 1759 incorrectly gives 18 volumes to the work. The fifteenth, last to be published, ends with the year 1721. This is the result of enormous research, and yet leaves much to be desired. Leduchat (''Ducatiana'', (p. 175-6) provides an example that gives reason to believe that the Parfaict brothers were not accurate in their quotes. * ''Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire des spectacles de la Foire par un acteur forain'', with the same, 1743, 2 vol. in-12
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* ''Histoire de l’ancien théâtre Italien, depuis son origine jusqu’à sa suppression en l’année 1697'', with the same, 1753, in-12 * ''Dictionnaire des Théâtres de Paris'', with the same, 1756 ou 1767, 7 vol. in-12, of which the seventh is titled ''Additions et Corrections''
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(This work was completed and published by a certain Abguebre. This is a very large repository of information, but less accurate and less methodical than the ''Dictionnaire'' by Léris which, however, has only one volume.

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—es ...

himself wrote the article about him in the Parfaict brothers' ''Dictionnaire''. The seventh volume doesn't reach the 20 August 1755. * ''Panurge'', ballet comique in trois acts, 1803, in-8 °(The editor was Jacques-Julien-Moutonnet Clairfons, who added a preface and a small writing of his way against Étienne Morel de Chédeville. François Parfaict also left a manuscript for a ''Histoire de l’Opéra'', which didn't appear, and a lyric tragedy entitled ''Atrée''. He published the ''Œuvres de Boindin'', 1753, 2 vol. in- 12.

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Joseph-François Michaud Joseph–François Michaud (19 June 1767 – 30 September 1839) was a French historian and publicist. Biography Michaud was born at either La Biolle or Albens in the Duchy of Savoy (then a part of the Holy Roman Empire and a possession of the Ki ...

Louis-Gabriel Michaud Louis-Gabriel Michaud (19 January 1773, Castle Richemont – 8 March 1858) was a French writer, historian, printer, and bookseller. He was notable as the compiler of ''Biographie Universelle'' (1811–). Life He became a lieutenant on 15 July ...

, ', Paris, Michaud frères, t. 32, 1822, (p. 563-4); 1843 edition
vol. 32, p. 132

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