Charles Chevillet, ''sieur de'' ''Champmeslé'', (20 October 1642 – 22 August 1701) was a 17th-century French actor and

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

(see

Troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1680 Composition of the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1680 As of 24 August 1680, La Grange set in his register: :« ''Jonction de la Troupe Royalle cy-devant à l' hostel de bourgogne avec la nostre suivant les ordres du Roy'' ». The new tro ...

). Champmeslé made his theatre debut in 1665 in a troupe of the province and married Marie Desmares in Rouen on 9 January 1666. He then played at the

Théâtre du Marais The Théâtre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century. The name was briefly revived for a revolutionary theatre in 1791, ...

then at the Hôtel de Bourgogne and became one of the first

sociétaires of the Comédie-Française The sociétaires of the Comédie-Française are chosen from among the ''pensionnaires'' who have been in the company a year or more. They are decided upon in the course of a general assembly of the company's administrative committee, made up of 6 e ...

. When he died, coming out of a tavern, the priest of Saint-Sulpice refused the funeral service and Champmeslé was buried in the garden of his house in Asnières. Champmeslé also wrote less than a dozen theatre plays, including some in collaboration with

Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, , ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Eur ...

. He wrote several

comedies Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term ori ...

such as: * ''Les Grisettes'', 3 acts ; * ''Les Grissettes ou Crispin chevalier'', 1 act ; * ''Le Florentin'' ; * ''La Coupe enchantée'' ; these two last plays he composed in association with

. His ''Œuvres'' were collected in 1696.

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