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Philippe Poisson (8 February 1682 - 4 August 1743), known professionally as Crispin III, was a French actor and playwright.
Philippe Poisson
at the Comédie-Française official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Poisson, Philippe 1682 births 1743 deaths 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 18th-century French male actors French male stage actors
Philippe Poisson (8 February 1682 - 4 August 1743), known professionally as Crispin III, was a French actor and playwright.
Life
He, the actorFrançois-Arnoul Poisson de Roinville
François-Arnoul Poisson de Roinville (15 March 1696 - 24 August 1753) was a French actor.
He, Philippe Poisson and Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez were all children of the actor Paul Poisson, who tried to stop François-Arnoul becoming an actor. ...
and the novelist and playwright Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez
Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez ( née Poisson; pseudonym M.P.V.D.G.; 22 November 1684 – 28 December 1770) was a French author and playwright.
Biography
Madeleine-Angelique was born in Paris on 22 November 1684 to the actor Paul Poisson.
Made ...
were all children of the actor Paul Poisson. Born in Paris, Philippe made his début in 1700 in a tragedy, playing secondary rôles with some success and also appearing in high comedy. Retiring with his father in 1711, he returned to the stage in 1715 before leaving it for good in 1722. He died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris.
Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...
.
Like those of his grandfather Raymond Poisson
Raymond Poisson (1630–1690) was a French actor and playwright. Mainly a comic actor, he used the stage names Crispin in comedy and Belleroche in tragedy.Gaines 2002, p. 374.
Career
Poisson joined the company of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Pari ...
, his plays lack invention - their style is less trivial but still lacks elegance, though their dialogue is naturalistic. The two most notable ones are ''le Procureur arbitre'' (1728) and ''l’Impromptu de campagne'' (1733), whilst the others are ''la Boite de Pandore'' (1729), ''Alcibiade'' (1731), ''le Réveil d’Épiménide'' (1736), ''le Mariage par lettres de change'' (1735), ''les Ruses d’amour'' (1736) and ''l’Actrice nouvelle'' (a comedy, never performed after Adrienne Lecouvreur
Adrienne Lecouvreur (5 April 1692 – 20 March 1730), born Adrienne Couvreur, was a French actress, considered by many as the greatest of her time. Born in Damery, she first appeared professionally on the stage in Lille. After her Paris debut ...
wrote a satire mocking it).
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at the Comédie-Française official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Poisson, Philippe 1682 births 1743 deaths 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 18th-century French male actors French male stage actors