Louis-Benoît Picard
Louis-Benoît Picard (born July 19, 1769 in Paris , France , † December 31, 1828 there ) was a French playwright .
Picard was already composing for the stage at the age of 20, but only made a name for himself in 1797 with the comedy Médiocre et rampant ( edited by Friedrich Schiller under the title Der Parasit ). He appeared as an actor himself and in 1801 became director of the Théâtre Louvois . In 1807 he resigned the stage, became a member of the Académie française and director of the Imperial Academy of Music ( Paris Opera ), took over the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1816 , but resigned in 1821.
He wrote character comedies such as Médiocre et rampant , L'entrée dans le monde and Duhautcours, as well as moral comedies that contain a practical moral. These include La petite ville , Monsieur Musard , Les Marionnettes and Les deux Philiberts . Schiller's nephew as uncle is a translation of the comedy Encore des Ménechmes . The Théâtre de P. (1812, 6 vol .; 1821, 8 vol .; new edition by Fournier, 1879) contains only those pieces which the author himself considered worthy of printing. He also wrote a number of novels.
Works
- Les Visitandines . 1792.
- Médiocre et rampant . 1797.
- Le Collatéral . 1799.
- Les Provinciaux à Paris . 1801.
- Le Contrat d'union . 1801.
- La Petite Ville . 1801.
literature
- Walter Staaks: The Theater of Louis-Benoît Picard . The University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif. 1952.
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis-Benoît Picard in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Louis-Benoît Picard in the German Digital Library
- Friedrich Schiller: The Parasite
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Picard, Louis-Benoît |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1769 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1828 |
| Place of death | Paris |