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Geneviève Béjart
Geneviève Béjart, stage name Mlle Hervé, Mlle Villaubrun and Mlle Aubry (1624 – 1675), was a French stage actress.Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, Bibliothèque de la revue Universelle Internationale Illustrée, Paris et Genève, 1902-1908. She was one of the founding members of the Illustre Théâtre in June 1643, with her brother Joseph, her sister Armande Béjart and seven other actors. She followed her sister to the Hotel de Bourgogne, the Moliere company and the Hotel du Geneguad. She was married to Jean-Baptiste Aubry. References 1624 births 1675 deaths 17th-century French actresses {{France-stage-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illustre Théâtre
The Illustre Théâtre was a French theatre company set up by Molière on 30 June 1643, and shut down less than two years later on his imprisonment in August 1645. However, it is notable for its impact on the history of the French theatre. It was succeeded by la Troupe de Molière. History By an act of association signed on 30 June 1643, before the notaries Mes Duchesne and Fieffé, the troupe was set up by the following signatories: * Denis Beys * Germain Clérin, known as Villabé * Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (not yet known as Molière) * Joseph Béjart * Nicolas Bonenfant, known as Croisac * Georges Pinel, known as La Couture * Madeleine Béjart - who was, by the act, accorded the privilege "to choose whichever rôle she likes" * Madeleine Malingre * Catherine Des Urlis * Geneviève Béjart, known as Mlle Hervé. The new troupe set up at first at the Perle dive, rue de la Perle in Paris. Some months later, it moved to Rouen where an eleventh member, Catherine Bourgeois, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1624 Births
Events January–March * January 14 – After 90 years of Ottoman Empire, Ottoman occupation, Baghdad is recaptured by the Safavid empire, Safavid Empire. * January 22 – Korean General Yi Gwal leads Yi Gwal's Rebellion, an uprising of 12,000 soldiers against King Injo in what is called then the Joseon Kingdom, and occupies Hanseong. * January 24 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. * February 7 – (January 28, 1623/4 old style) England first colonizes Saint Kitts and Nevis. * February 11 – Yi Gwal installs Prince Heungan, son of the late Seonjo of Joseon, King Seongjo, to the Korean throne. * February 15 – Yi Gwal's Rebellion ends as the rebels murder Yi Gwal at the town of Mukbang-ri. * February 16 – Kara Mustafa Pasha becomes the Ottoman Governor of Egypt for the second time. * February 19 **Philip IV of Spain, King Filipe III of Portugal issues a decree Slavery in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1675 Deaths
Events January–March * January 5 – Franco-Dutch War – Battle of Turckheim: The French defeat Austria and Brandenburg. * January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native Americans in the United States, Native American Christians, Christian, dies at Assawampsett Pond, an event which will trigger King Philip's War, a year-long war between the Colonial history of the United States, English American colonists of New England, and the Algonquian peoples, Algonquian Native American tribes. * February 4 – The Italian opera ''La divisione del mondo'', by Giovanni Legrenzi, is performed for the first time, premiering in Venice at the Teatro Goldoni (Venice), Teatro San Luca. The new opera, telling the story of the "division of the world" after the battle between the Gods of Olympus and the Titans, becomes known for its elaborate and expensive sets, machinery, and special effects and is revived 325 years later in the year 2000. * February 6 &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
