Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson (; 23 January 1746 in
Laval, Mayenne
Laval () is a town in western France, about west-southwest of Paris, and the capital of the Mayenne departments of France, department.
Its inhabitants are called ''Lavallois''. The commune of France, commune of Laval proper, without the metropo ...
– 24 March 1794) was an 18th-century French actor, playwright and theatre director.
Sympathetic to the
Hébertists
The Hébertists (, ), or Exaggerators (), were a radical revolutionary political group associated with the populist journalist Jacques Hébert, a member of the Cordeliers club. They came to power during the Reign of Terror and played a significa ...
he was denounced by Robespierre as having intended to sow discord among the Jacobins and was tried by the Revolutionary Court. He was sentenced to death and guillotined with other Hébertists on 24 March 1794 at the age of 48 years.
Works
;Theatre
*1778: ''L'École des pères, ou les Effets de la prévention'',
Cap-Français, 21 March
*1780: ''Nadir, ou Thamas-Kouli-Kan'', tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Paris,
Théâtre de la Nation (
Salle des Machines
Salle is the French word for 'hall', 'room' or 'auditorium', as in:
*Salle des Concerts Herz, a former Paris concert hall
*Salle Favart, theatre of the Paris Opéra-Comique
*Salle Le Peletier, former home of the Paris Opéra
*Salle Pleyel, a Paris ...
), 31 August
*1782: ''Le Vieux Garçon'', comedy in 5 acts, in verse,
Théâtre de l'Odéon, 16 December.
*1783: ''Trasime et Timagène'', tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Rouen, Grand Théâtre.
*1785: ''Le Nouveau Sorcier'', comedy en trois acts, Théâtre de Gand, 29 January
*1785: ''Albert et Émilie'', tragedy, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 30 April
*1786: ''Scanderberg'', tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 9 May
*1786: ''Le Roi Théodore à Venise'', opera héroï-comique in 4 acts, music by
Giovanni Paisiello
Giovanni Paisiello (or Paesiello; 9 May 1740 – 5 June 1816) was an Italian composer of the Classical era, and was the most popular opera composer of the late 1700s. His operatic style influenced Mozart and Rossini.
Life
Paisiello was born i ...
, Vienna.
*1786: ''Hélène et Francisque'', opéra-comique en 4 actes,
Château de Versailles
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The palace is owned by the government of F ...
, August
*1789: ''L'Impresario in angustie, ou le Directeur dans l'embarras'', opera bouffe in 2 acts, music by
Domenico Cimarosa
Domenico Cimarosa (; 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Music of Italy, Italian composer of the Neapolitan School and of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is ''Il ...
,
Théâtre de Monsieur, 6 May
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*1789: ''L'Arbre de Diane'', comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, Brussels, Théâtre de la Monnaie
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, 12 September.
*1790: '' Les Époux mécontents'', opéra-comique en 3 actes, music by Stephen Storace
Stephen John Seymour Storace (4 April 1762 – 19 March 1796) was an English composer of the Classical era, known primarily for his operas. His sister was the famous opera singer Nancy Storace.
He was born in London in the Parish of St Maryleb ...
, Théâtre Montansier, 12 April.Goethe
Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...
, music by Prosper-Didier Deshayes
Prosper-Didier Deshayes (mid 18th century – 1815) was an opera composer and dancer who lived and worked in France. In 1764 he was a balletmaster at the Comédie-Française. By 1774 he had become an assistant (''adjoint'') at the Paris Opéra. ...
, Théâtre des Amis de la Patrie, 3 June Text online
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*1796: ''Zelia, ou la Grille enchantée'', Comédie Italienne, 26 November
*undated: ''Stella'', drama in 3 acts, mingled with music, after Goethe, Text online
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;Varia
*1771: ''Le Tableau de la volupté, ou les Quatre parties du jour'', poem in free verse.
*1778: ''Abregé de la Révolution de l'Amérique anglaise, depuis le commencement de l'année 1774 jusqu'au premier janvier 1778'', Text online
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*1785: ''Nouvelles considérations sur St-Domingue, en réponse à celles de M. H. D.
Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American Modernist poetry in English, modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who Pen name, wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after ...
''.
*1785: ''Lettres critiques et politiques sur les colonies et le commerce des villes maritimes de France, adressées à G.-T. Raynal'', with Dubucq, Text online
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References
Bibliography
*Auguste-Philippe Herlaut, ''Autour d'Hébert. I. Deux témoins de la Terreur : le citoyen Dubuisson, le cidevant baron de Haindel'', Paris, Clavreuil, 1958
* Louis-Gabriel Michaud
Louis-Gabriel Michaud (; 19 January 1773, Castle Richemont – 8 March 1858) was a French writer, historian, printer, and bookseller. He was notable as the compiler of ''Biographie Universelle'' (1811–).
Life
He became a lieutenant on 15 Jul ...
, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', Paris, 1855, t. XL ;
* Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau, ''Histoire littéraire du Maine''. Paris, 1872, t. IV. ;
* Archives nationales, W lA 76 et W 339. T 1683. #°406 and T 1685, #230. ;
External links
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1746 births
1794 deaths
People from Laval, Mayenne
Male actors from Pays de la Loire
18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French theatre managers and producers
French people executed by guillotine during the French Revolution
18th-century French male actors
French male stage actors
18th-century French historians