Philippe Poisson (8 February 1682 – 4 August 1743), known professionally as Crispin III, was a French actor and playwright.

Life

He, as well as the actor François-Arnoul Poisson de Roinville and the novelist and playwright Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez were all children of the actor Paul Poisson (actor), Paul Poisson. Born in Paris, Philippe made his début in 1700 in a tragedy, playing secondary roles with some success and also appearing in high comedy. Retiring with his father in 1711, he returned to the stage in 1715 before leaving it for good in 1722. He died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Like those of his grandfather Raymond Poisson, his plays lack invention – their style is less trivial but still lacks elegance, though their dialogue is naturalistic. The two most notable ones are ''le Procureur arbitre'' (1728) and ''l’Impromptu de campagne'' (1733), whilst the others are ''la Boite de Pandore'' (1729), ''Alcibiade'' (1731), ''le Réveil d’Épiménide'' (1736), ''le Mariage par lettres de change'' (1735), ''les Ruses d’amour'' (1736) and ''l’Actrice nouvelle'' (a comedy, never performed after Adrienne Lecouvreur wrote a satire mocking it).

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Philippe Poisson
at the Comédie-Française official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Poisson, Philippe 1682 births 1743 deaths 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 18th-century French male actors 18th-century French male writers French male dramatists and playwrights French male stage actors Male actors from Paris Writers from Paris