Noël Lebreton, sieur de Hauteroche (
Paris
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, 1617 – Paris, 14 July 1707), was a
French actor and playwright who died blind.
The son of a bailiff in
Parlement
A ''parlement'' (), under the French Ancien Régime, was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the oldest and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. While both the modern Fre ...
, Hauteroche fled to Spain in order to escape a marriage that was to be imposed on him and became a comedian in
Valencia
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. He played in Germany and founded his own company in Paris in 1654, then joined the
Théâtre du Marais
The Théâtre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century. The name was briefly revived for a revolutionary theatre in 1791, ...
the same year and passed to the
Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1660. In 1671, he succeeded
Floridor Josias de Soûlas, known as "Floridor", Sieur de Prinefosse (c.1608-14 August 1671) was a French actor.J. Fransen, Les Comédiens français en Hollande au XVII* et au XVIII «siècle. Paris, librairie Honoré Champion, 4925. JSTOR "Mais ce que l'on ...
as director of the troupe.
Representing the third tragic roles, he was noted for the skill with which he told stories. At the same time he composed comedies and was among the emulators of
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) Р17 February 1673), known by his stage name Moli̬re (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
. Without rising to the creation of characters or the painting of manners, his talent was to skillfully build a plot and sow the dialog with pleasant traits.
Retired from stage in 1684, he then experienced his greatest success as a playwright. ''L’Amant qui ne flatte point'', in five acts, in verse (1668), ''Les Apparences trompeuses'' (1673), and ''L'Esprit follet'' (1684) were among his most popular plays.
Three of his plays, ''
Crispin
Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the Christian patron saints of cobblers, curriers, tanners, and leather workers. They were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October 285 or 286.
History
Bor ...
médecin'', in three acts, in prose (1670), ''le Deuil'', in one act, in verse (1680), ''le Cocher supposé'', in one act (1684
''Le Cocher supposé'' de NOËL LEBRETON, sieur de HAUTEROCHE
au theatre-classique.fr) remained quite some time in the repertoire.
His other plays include ''le Souper mal apprêté'', in one acte, in verse (1670) ; ''les Apparences trompeuses ou les Maris infidèles'', in three acts, in verse (167) ; ''Crispin musicien'', in five acts, in verse (1674) ; ''les Nobles de province'', in five acts, in verse (1678) ; ''la Barrette'', in five acts, in prose (1680) ; ''la Dame invisible'', in five acts, in verse (1685) ; ''le Feint Polonais ou la Veuve impertinente'', in three acts, in prose (1686) ; ''les Bourgeoises'', in five acts, in verse (1691), play imitated from ''Les Précieuses ridicules
''Les Précieuses ridicules'' (, ''The Absurd Précieuses'' or ''The Affected Ladies'') is a one-act satire by Molière in prose. It takes aim at the ''précieuses'', the ultra-witty ladies who indulged in lively conversations, word games and, in ...
''.
De Hauteroche was among the first actors in the troupe of the Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
(see 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 Guénà ...
).
References
Sources
* Gustave Vapereau
Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''.
Biography
...
, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876,
External links
His theatre plays and their présentations
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17th-century French male actors
French male stage actors
17th-century French dramatists and playwrights
17th-century French male writers
Troupe of the Comédie-Française
Male actors from Paris
Writers from Paris
1617 births
1707 deaths