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.
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).
