Bellerose (actor)

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Bellerose , including Belle-Rose , actually Pierre le Messier ( 1592 - 1670 ) was a French actor and theater director. He was one of the leading tragedies of the first half of the 17th century.

Life

Bellrose was tutored by Valleran le Conte in 1609 , played in Bourges in 1619 and headed his own company in Marseille in 1622 , but little more is known about his early career.

He joined the acting company Comédiens du Roi under Gros-Guillaume at the Hôtel de Bourgogne in 1622 . He had a well-trained voice and has starred in comedies and tragedies. He also acted as an announcer for the audience.

Some contemporaries viewed Bellerose as mindless and affected and preferred his arch-rival, the more dynamic Montdory at the Théâtre du Marais .

After Gros-Guillaume's death in 1634, Bellerose became the principal of the Comédiens du Roi and remained in that position until 1647, when he presumably sold his participation in the drama company to his brother-in-law Floridor at a very high price .

literature

  • Banham, Martin (1995). The Cambridge Guide to the Theater . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521434379 .
  • Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater . Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849396 .
  • Roy, Donald (1995). "Bellerose" in Banham 1995, p. 92.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater . Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. Page 47, ISBN 9780810849396 .
  2. ^ A b c Roy, Donald (1995). "Bellerose" in Banham 1995, p. 92.
personal data
SURNAME Bellerose
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belle Rose; Le Messier, Pierre (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH 1592
DATE OF DEATH 1670