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Jean-Baptiste de La Noue

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Jean-Baptiste de La Noue
Engraving by C. A. Littret after a portrait by Monnet, 1763
Born
Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue

20 October 1701
Died13 November 1760(1760-11-13) (aged 59)
Paris
Occupation(s)Actor
Playwright
Years active1721-1757

Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue[1] (20 October 1701 – 13 November 1760) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright.

Biography

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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

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  • Larousse, Pierre (1873). "Lanoue (Jean-Baptiste Sauvé de)". Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. Vol. 10. Paris. p. 167.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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  1. ^ Also spelt Lanoue or Lanouë.
  2. ^ Base documentaire La Grange Archived 2016-08-07 at the Wayback Machine on the site of the Comédie-Française
  3. ^ Not to be mistaken for the unfinished homonymous play by Marivaux (1733).
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