Jean-Baptiste de La Noue
Jean-Baptiste de La Noue | |
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 Engraving by C. A. Littret after a portrait by Monnet, 1763 | |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue 20 October 1701 |
| Died | 13 November 1760 (aged 59) Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Playwright |
| Years active | 1721-1757 |
Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue[1] (20 October 1701 – 13 November 1760) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright.
Biography
He studied at collège d'Harcourt in Paris. After he made his debut as a comedian in Lyon around 1721 and directed the company of Rouen for six years, he joined the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1742 of which he became the 122nd sociétaire the same year. He retired in 1757.[2]
He composed about ten comedies, including Mahomet second (1739)[3] parodied the same year by Charles-Simon Favart under the title Moulinet premier, Zélisca (1746) and La Coquette corrigée (1756).
Bibliography
- Larousse, Pierre (1873). "Lanoue (Jean-Baptiste Sauvé de)". Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. Vol. 10. Paris. p. 167.
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References
- ^ Also spelt Lanoue or Lanouë.
- ^ Base documentaire La Grange Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine on the site of the Comédie-Française
- ^ Not to be mistaken for the unfinished homonymous play by Marivaux (1733).
