Alexander Placide (1750–1812), was an American (originally French) actor and theatre manager.Robin O. Warren, Women on Southern Stages, 1800-1865: Performance, Gender and Identity He debuted in France in 1770 and was active in Saint-Domingue until the

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, when he emigrated to the United States. He managed the

Charleston Theatre Charleston Theatre, also called Broad Street Theatre, was a theatre in Charleston, South Carolina, between 1794 and 1833. It was the first permanent theatre in Charleston, the first with a permanent staff, and the only theater for much of its dura ...

from 1796 and was the leader of the Charleston Company, which also toured Georgia and Virginia and are considered to have introduced a permanent theatre in these states. In 1812 he became a co-manager with William Twaits and

Jean Baptiste Casmiere Breschard Jean Baptiste Casmiere Breschard (John B. Breschard) was a circus owner and equestrian performer in the Circus of Pepin and Breschard. Along with his partner, Victor Pepin he had been managing a circus in Madrid, Spain. Pepin and Breschard wer ...

of the

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in New York. He was married to Charlotte Wrighten Placide and father of

Jane Placide Jane Placide (1803/1804 – May 16, 1835) was an American actress. Life Jane Placide was a daughter of Alexander Placide, manager of the Charleston Theatre in Charleston, and actress/opera singer Charlotte Wrighten Placide, who managed the ...

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