Joseph Isidore Samson

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Joseph Isidore Samson.
Portrait of Alphonse-Léon Noël (1833).

Joseph Isidore Samson (born July 2, 1793 in Saint-Denis , † March 28, 1871 in Paris ) was a French actor and playwright .

Life

Joseph Isidore Samson, son of an innkeeper, wanted to devote himself to studies first, but when his parents were no longer able to support him, he was first a clerk for a lawyer, then in a lottery office, until he was accepted into the Paris Conservatory in 1812 become. Here he made rapid progress, found employment in Rouen in 1816 after an art tour through France with his young wife and settled permanently in Paris in 1819. There he was accepted into the Théâtre-Français in 1827 . With the exception of a brief activity from 1830 to 1832 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal , he remained loyal to this until his resignation from the stage in 1863.

Samson also achieved a special reputation as a teacher; as such, he had been a professor at the Conservatory since 1829 and since 1836. Rachel , Rose Chéri and the two Brohan were among his students. His repertoire included around 250 roles; Molière , Beaumarchais , Marivaux and Scribe gave him his brilliant roles. He retired from the theater in 1863, still in full force, and died on March 28, 1871 at the age of 77 in Paris.

Samson also tried his hand at writing and among other things published an Art théâtral (2 vols., Paris 1865); some of his comedies ( La fête de Molière (1825), La belle-mère et le gendre (1826), La famille Poisson (1845), La dot de ma fille (1854) and others) held their own on the stages for a while.

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SURNAME Samson, Joseph Isidore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French actor and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1793
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Denis
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1871
Place of death Paris