Charles Desnoyers
Born
Charles-Louis-François Desnoyer

6 April 1806
Died6 February 1858(1858-02-06) (aged 51)
Paris
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright, theatre manager

Charles-Louis-François Desnoyer, or Desnoyers, (6 April 1806[1] – 6 February 1858) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager.

He also wrote under the pen name Anatole de Beaulieu.

Short biography

He made his debut as actor and author in 1827 with a comédie en vaudeville, Je serai comédien. He wrote many plays, comedies, dramas and melodramas for theaters on the boulevard du Crime in collaboration with other authors such as Eugène Nus, Léon Beauvallet or Adolphe d'Ennery. General manager of the Théâtre du Gymnase then at the Comédie-Française from 1841 to 1847, he became directing manager of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in May 1852[2]

When he died, La Presse read:

Mr.Charles Desnoyers, director of the theater of the Ambigu-Comique and playwright, died in the night from Friday to Saturday, from a devastating stroke. His funeral took place today Sunday. As a result of this unfortunate death, the theater of the Ambigu, whose privilege becomes vacant, stood down yesterday[3]

Works

Theatre

References

  1. ^ Vue n°35 of the reconstructed vital record on the Archives numérisées de la Ville de Paris site. Henri Lamirault in his Grande encyclopédie : inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts (1885) gives the erroneous date 6 February. Meanwhile, Gustave Vapereau indicates Amiens as birthplace.
  2. ^ Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, op.cit.
  3. ^ E. Pauchet, « Faits divers », La Presse, 7 février 1858, p. 2, at Gallica.

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