Jean-Baptiste de La Noue

Jean-Baptiste de La Noue

Engraving by C. A. Littret after a portrait by Monnet, 1763
Born Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue
20 October 1701
Meaux
Died 13 November 1760(1760-11-13) (aged 59)
Paris
Occupation Actor
Playwright
Years active 1721-1757

Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue[1] (20 October 1701 – 13 November 1760) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright.

Biography

He studied at collège d'Harcourt in Paris. After he made his debut as a comedian in Lyon around 1721 and directed the company of Rouen for six years, he joined the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1742 of which he became the 122th sociétaire the same year. He retired in 1757.[2]

He composed about ten comedies, including Mahomet second (1739)[3] parodied the same year by Charles-Simon Favart under the title Moulinet premier, Zélisca (1746) and La Coquette corrigée (1756).

Bibliography

References

  1. Also spelt Lanoue or Lanouë.
  2. Base documentaire La Grange on the site of the Comédie-Française
  3. Not to be mistaken for the unfinished homonymous play by Marivaux (1733).
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