Charles-Hippolyte Dubois
Born23 December 1800
Former 5th arrondissement of Paris
Died29 June 1874(1874-06-29) (aged 73)
16th arrondissement of Paris
Occupation(s)Playwright, actor, theatre director and theatre manager.

Charles-Hippolyte Dubois, better known as Dubois-Davesnes, (23 December 1800 [2 nivôse an IX][1] – 29 June 1874[2]) was a 19th-century French playwright, actor, theatre director and theatre manager.

The sculptor Marguerite-Fanny Dubois-Davesnes (1832-1900) was his daughter.

Biography

A jeweler worker and first prize for tragedy, he began his career at a very young age and aged 16 had his first play Maître Frontin à Londres presented at Théâtre de la Gaîté 17 April 1816. He made his actor debut 29 October 1822 at Théâtre de l'Odéon then was hired at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique (1825), at théâtre du Vaudeville (1827–1828), again at l'Ambigu (1828-1829) then at l'Odéon (1830) where he obtained a great success in La Tour de Nesle by Alexandre Dumas.

Stage director of the Théâtre du Gymnase then of the Théâtre des Variétés (1830-1850), he was general manager of the Théâtre-Français from 1850 to 1873. His plays were given on the most important Parisian stages of his time.

He also used the pen names Davenne, Davesne, Dubois, Dubois aîné and Dubois d'Avesnes.[3]

Works

References

  1. ^ File n°84) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine the reconstructed vital record on the site of the digitized archives of the City of Paris. The BNF authority record erroneously states 25 December in Avesnes.
  2. ^ Act n° 497 (p. 6), register of deaths of the year 1874 for the 16th district, Digital archive of the City of Paris. The act mentions he was born in Paris. Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ BNF authority record.

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