Charles Chevillet
Charles Chevillet de Champmeslé (born October 20, 1642 in Paris , † August 22, 1701 ibid) was a French stage actor and playwright of the 17th century .
Life
As "Monsieur de Champmeslé" the Son debuted a silk cloth cutter from the rue Saint-Honoré in Paris in 1665 in Normandy on the stage of outpatient Theater of François Serdin on which he young, witty and beautiful Marie Desmares , widowed Fleurye met . On January 9, 1666, he married Marie - who later made a stage career as "La Champmeslé" - in her hometown of Rouen.
After Serdin's company failed due to the plague epidemic that broke out in Normandy in the summer of 1668, the Champmeslés were accepted into the Troupe du Marais in Paris in early 1669 . In 1670 they moved together to the company of the Hôtel de Bourgogne , where "Monsieur de Champmeslé", in contrast to his wife, shone more in comic rather than tragic roles. In addition, he wrote - partly in collaboration with Jean de la Fontaine - several stage works.
Champmeslé, himself a dissolute bon vivant, generously overlooked the liaison his wife had with Jean Racine until 1677 , as well as her numerous subsequent love affairs.
Charles Chevillet de Champmeslé died in Paris on August 22, 1701, at the age of 58, while leaving a Parisian cabaret. Since the pastor of the church of St-Sulpice de Paris refused to give him a Christian burial, he was buried in the garden of his house in Asnières .
Works
Among his works, the following comedies stand out:
- Les Grisettes (1671)
- Crispin chevalier
- Le Florentin (with La Fontaine)
- La Coupe enchantée (with La Fontaine)
- Le Parisien (1683)
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Chevillet in the catalog of the German National Library
- Champmeslés plays and their performances on the CÉSAR website (French)
- Ch. Chevillet de Champmêlé , engraving after a portrait by Caspar Netscher on the CÉSAR website
- Publications by and about Charles Chevillet in VD 17 . (No entries on February 11, 2018)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Chevillet, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chevillet de Champmeslé, Charles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French stage actor and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1642 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1701 |
| Place of death | Paris |