Étienne-François Avisse (4 August 1694 – 23 December 1747) was an 18th-century French playwright.
Avisse was born and died in Paris, and gave the
Comédie-Française
The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...
and the
Comédie Italienne some comedies, of which the most famous are:
*1730: ''le Divorce ou les époux mécontents''
*1730: ''la Réunion forcée'', composed about a famous trial the actress Marie-Anne Duclos had brought with her husband, Pierre-Jacques Chemin actor, so that their marriage be annulled
*1731: ''la Gouvernante'', critic of the
théâtre larmoyant which inspired ''le Vieux célibataire'' by
Collin d’Harleville ;
*1742: ''le Valet embarrassé ou la vieille amoureuse'', which gave the idea for the
opéra comique
''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...
''Ma Tante Aurore'' ;
*1743: ''les Petits-Maîtres'' that marked an epoch, since it was during the course of the performance that the actors imagined to give on the stage fireworks composed by the
Ruggieri brothers from
Bologna
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;
* ''les Faux Marquis ou les Bourgeois petits-maîtres'', etc.
Sources
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Gustave Vapereau
Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''.
Biography ...
, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876, .
External links
Works by Avisse''La Gouvernante''
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18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Paris
1694 births
1747 deaths