Francisque ainé

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Francisque ainé , bourgeois Jacques-Antoine-Francois Hutin , (born November 25, 1796 in Paris , † June 28, 1842 there ), was a French stage actor.

biography

Francisque's father was a designer and his father, in turn, had made a name for himself by inventing a thundering machine for the stage. So there was a relationship to the theater from the start.

Francisque was stationed as a soldier in the Napoleonic Army in Germany, was wounded several times and transferred several times, and when he was discharged, he held the rank of non-commissioned officer. He was already 20 years old when he returned to Paris in 1816.

Francisque did not appear as an actor until 1821, at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell . At first he appeared neither elegant nor skilful in the roles of the lover and he was sometimes booed. Francisque showed stamina and his expressive face enabled him to play powerfully. In 1825 he moved to the Théâtre de la Gaîté where he attracted positive attention in several plays and his parody of Frédérick Lemaître also increased his fame.

Francisque stayed at the Théâtre du Gymnase until 1828 and then gave a guest performance in London, from which he returned two years later. His next engagement was at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique , where his success reached an initial climax by being cast in the male lead in all plays until 1834. His next professional station was the Théâtre des Variétés . There he got an unusually high fixed salary plus a bonus for every performance. There he shaped the roles of Colonel in Prussiens en Lorraine and André in Éclat de rire , as well as Chenu in Dot de Suzette for many years .

Due to a sudden illness, Francisque stayed away from the stage and died surprisingly at the age of 46.

Angry tongues later claimed that this was the result of his convulsive laughter in Éclat der rire .

Others

Francisque ainé had a younger brother who made his debut shortly after him and had also chosen the stage name Francisque. That is why he gave himself the suffix ainé, for the firstborn and his brother Francisque jeune , for the boy.

literature

  • Henry Lyonnet: Dictionnaire des comédiens français, ceux d'hier , 1912, p. 79, digitized

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personal data
SURNAME Ainé, Francisque
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hutin, Jacques-Antoine-Francois (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French stage actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1842
Place of death Paris