Louis-François Beffara (23 August 1751 – 2 February 1838) was a French writer. A

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in Paris from 1792 to 1816, he bequeathed the Bibliothèque nationale de France his manuscripts regarding opera houses in France and abroad.Dezobry et Bachelet, ''Dictionnaire de biographie'', t.1, Ch.Delagrave, 1876, (p. 255)

Selected works

*1777: ''Esprit de Molière, ou choix de maximes et portraits… tirés de ses ouvrages'', 2 vol. *1821: ''Dissertation sur J. B. Poquelin de Molière'' *1835: ''Maison natale de Molière''

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Louis-François Beffara
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Louis-François Beffara
on Répertoire des arts du spectacle. 1751 births 1838 deaths 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers 19th-century French writers Writers from Normandy {{france-nonfiction-writer-stub