Jean-Baptiste Nicolet (16 April 1728 – 27 December 1796) was an 18th-century French

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and

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. He was the eldest son of puppeteer, dance master and violinist Guillaume Nicolet. He set up the Grands-Danseurs du Roi, the predecessor of the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

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Nicolet at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Male actors from Paris 1728 births 1796 deaths French theatre managers and producers 18th-century French male actors French male stage actors Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 18th-century theatre managers {{France-actor-stub