Pierre Rémond de Sainte-Albine (29 May 1699 – 9 October 1778) was an 18th-century French historian and playwright.
He collaborated with ''L'Europe savante'', the ''
Gazette de France
''La Gazette'' (), originally ''Gazette de France'', was the first weekly magazine published in France. It was founded by Théophraste Renaudot and published its first edition on 30 May 1631. It progressively became the mouthpiece of one royal ...
'' (1733–1749 and 1751) and the ''
Mercure de France
The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group.
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'' of which he was chief editor for a time.
Works
*1716: ''L'Amante difficile ou l'Amant constant'', comedy in 5 acts and in prose, with
Antoine Houdar de La Motte
Antoine Houdar de la Motte (18 January 167226 December 1731) was a French author.
De la Motte was born and died in Paris. In 1693 his comedy, ''Les Originaux'' (Les originaux, ou, l'Italien), was a complete failure, and so depressed the author ...
, presented at the Théâtre of the
Hôtel de Bourgogne 17 October (impr. 1726, réimpr. 1729, 1732)
*1747: ''Le Comédien'', 2 parts, (réimpr. 1749 and 1825]following
François-René Molé, Molé's ''Mémoires''
*1749: ''La Convention téméraire'', comedy in 1 act
*1749: ''L'Amour au village''
*1759: ''Abrégé de l'Histoire de De Thou'', with observations
Sources
* Cardinal
Georges Grente
Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente (5 May 1872 – 5 May 1959) was a French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Le Mans from 1918 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1953 by Pope Pius XII.
...
(dir.), ''Dictionnaire des lettres françaises. Le XVIIIe'', nouvelle édition revue et mise à jour sous la direction de François Moureau, Paris, Fayard, 1995
Bibliography
* Gloria Höckner: ''Der Gefühlsschauspieler – Eine Schauspieltheorie von Pierre Remond de Sainte-Albine.'' GRIN Verlag, München 2008,
* Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: ''Auszug aus dem „Schauspieler“ des Herrn Rémond von Sainte Albine.'', In: Theatralische Bibliothek, 1. Stück, Berlin: Christian Friederich Voss, 1754.
* Pierre Rémond de Sainte-Albine: ''Le Comédien'', in two volumes, Paris, 1747.
* Peter Heßelmann: ''Gereinigtes Theater? - Dramaturgie und Schaubühne im Spiegel deutschsprachiger Theaterperiodika des 18. Jahrhunderts (1750–1800)'', Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann GmbH, 2002.
External links
His theatre plays and their presentationa
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Remond de Sainte-Albine
18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
18th-century French historians
Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
Writers from Paris
1699 births
1778 deaths