Hyacinthe (actor)

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Louis-Hyacinthe Duflost at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal
Caricature Hyacinthes by Georges Lafosse

Hyacinthe , real name Louis-Hyacinthe Duflost , (born September 17, 1814 in Amiens , † May 8, 1887 in Asnières ) was a French actor.

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Hyacinthes father was a wig maker at the Théâtre Comte and his mother usher. So it happened that he was accepted into the troupe at the age of seven. Before that, he had already had acting classes for a year. He played at the Théâtre Comte until 1829. That was interrupted by a short excursion into the music field, at the Théâtre des Variétés as a choir player and also as an apprentice at a music publisher. Then he spent some time in the ensemble of a touring troupe with whom he toured Dreux , Évreux and Bernay , among others , until he finally got an engagement at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique . After moving to the Théâtre du Vaudeville , he finally ended up at the Théâtre des Variétés again in 1837, this time as an actor. Théophile Gautier wrote in a review of him:

C´est un paillasse né, et la nature lui à planté fatalement la queue rouge au bas de la nuque (A Bajazzo is born and nature gave him the ability to grotesque clowning with a rogue on his neck)

In the course of time he got bigger and bigger roles and then at some point his unusually large nose was noticed. Combined with the ability for eccentricity and his baroque style of expression, he was predestined for roles in burlesque . Just his appearance at the entrance caused laughter.

The director of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal recruited him from the Théâtre des Variétés in 1847 and Hyacinthe stayed there, interrupted by the Franco-Prussian War , until 1886. He played at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in all the plays in which he was cast, one of the main roles. He then retired in Asnières, where he died in 1887.

During the siege of Paris from 1870 to 1871 he was deployed in the National Guard in the 32nd Battalion. He later showed himself, like many veterans, with his Kepi , which he had kept as a souvenir.

Little is known about his private life. He was considered a respected fellow citizen on his street on Montmartre . Hyacinthe lived there inconspicuously, in a small house, with his mother, wife and children. There he pursued his passion, growing flowers, did the shopping and went to the hairdresser, always wearing a plaid blanket over his angular shoulders. His favorite trips were to the market hall and the local flower markets, where he was a well-known figure. At his retirement home in Asnières, Hyacinthe was a well-known personality, not least because of his big nose. When asked if he didn't want to run for city council, he replied: Non, merci, je n`ai jamais joué ce genre-là (no thanks, I never played this genre there).

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SURNAME Hyacinth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duflost, Louis-Hyacinthe (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Amiens
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1887
Place of death Asnières-sur-Seine