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Pierre-François Beauvallet (13 October 1801 – 21 December 1873) was a 19th-century French actor and
Léon Beauvallet
», ''Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle'', tome 2, Paris, 1867, , at Gallica
Base documentaire La Grange
sur le site de la Comédie-Française {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauvallet, Pierre-Francois 19th-century French male actors French male stage actors Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights People from Pithiviers 1801 births 1873 deaths
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
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Biography
Beauvallet first made his reputation as amelodrama
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...
actor, then became an ordinary tragedian of the Comédie-Française; He tried with less success to be a playwright. His son was the writer and dramatist Léon Beauvallet
Léon Beauvallet, full name Pierre-Léon-Charles Beauvallet, (22 August 1828 – 22 March 1885) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and novelist.
Author of numerous plays, most of them written in collaboration, as well as feuilletons pu ...
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He was a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
from 1839 to 1872.
Theatre
Career at the Comédie-Française
: Entrance in 1830 : Appointed 251th sociétaire in 1832 : Departure in 1861Bibliography
* Pierre Larousse, ÂLéon Beauvallet
», ''Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle'', tome 2, Paris, 1867, , at Gallica
External links
Base documentaire La Grange
sur le site de la Comédie-Française {{DEFAULTSORT:Beauvallet, Pierre-Francois 19th-century French male actors French male stage actors Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights People from Pithiviers 1801 births 1873 deaths