Louis-Jean Pin (born 1734, date of death unknown) was a French comic-actor and theatre director. He was born in Paris.

Life

He headed the

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company during the 1757-1758 season, then made his début at the

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on 5 December 1765. Effectively combining the professions of actor and rich businessman, he spent some years at the Théâtre-Français before leaving it in December 1771. Touring the provinces, he came to the

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in 1773, before playing at

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the following year. He returned to Brussels to deal with costumes and finance during the 1774-1775 season, and co-directed the Théâtre de la Monnaie with

Alexandre Bultos Alexandre Bultos (18 June 1749, Brussels - 20 September 1787) was a comic actor and theatre director from the Austrian Netherlands in the Holy Roman Empire. Life The seventh child of Pierre-François Bultos and his wife Marie-Josèphe Lambert, win ...

and

Sophie Lothaire Marguerite-Louise Odiot de Montroty, stage name Sophie Lothaire (born 1732 in Paris) was a French dancer, actress and director who spent her whole career at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Life She began as a figurative dancer, from 175 ...

from 1777 to 1783. He afterwards returned to Paris to devote himself to business and seems to have abandoned the stage.

References

* Henri Liebrecht: ''Les dernières directions de l’ancien régime'', in ''Histoire du Theatre Français''. Slatkine Reprints. Genève 1977. 1734 births Year of death unknown French male stage actors Directors of La Monnaie Entertainers from the Austrian Netherlands Troupe of the Comédie-Française 18th-century French male actors {{France-stage-actor-stub