Dugazon (actor)

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Dugazon

Dugazon ( Jean-Henry Gourgaud , born November 15, 1743 in Marseille , † 1809 ) was a French actor .

Life

The actor's son Dugazon père ( Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud ) made his debut at the Comédie-Française in 1770 , where he soon became one of the most important comedy actors . He enjoyed great popularity with the public and in 1772 became societaire of the house. As a supporter of the French Revolution, he followed François-Joseph Talma at his newly founded Théâtre de la République .

After the house closed, he found an engagement at the Theater Feydeau until he returned there in 1799 after the restoration of the Comédie-Française. He was also Professor of Declamation at the Conservatoire de Paris . In 1807 he withdrew from the acting business. Dugazon wrote three comedies that were performed at the Théâtre de la République.

Dugazon's first marriage was to the actress and dancer Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre . Her son was the composer Gustave Dugazon . Dugazon's older sister was the actress Marie Rose Gourgaud , who was married to the dancer Angelo Vestris .

Works (selection)

as an author

  • L'émigrante ou le père jacobin. Comédie en trois actes et en vers (= The French Revolution Research Collection. 12; Volume 180). Macmillan, Oxford 1992 (reprint of Paris 1794 edition).
  • Le Moderné. Comédie en un acte et en vers.
  • Avénement de Mustapha au thrône ou le Bonnet de la verité. Comédie en trois actes.

as a processor

  • Bartélemy-Christophe Fagan: Les originaux. Comédie en un acte et en prose. Paris 1802.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dugazon . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 8 : Demijohn - Edward . London 1910, p. 647 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
  2. ↑ Dugazon. cosmosvisions.com, accessed May 8, 2009 .
  3. ^ Jean-Henry Gourgaud. (No longer available online.) Slider.com, archived from the original on August 22, 2008 ; Retrieved April 2, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / enc.slider.com
personal data
SURNAME Dugazon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gourgaud, Jean-Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille
DATE OF DEATH 1809