Michel Baron
Michel Baron (born October 8, 1653 as Michel Boyron in Paris , † December 22, 1729 ibid) was a French actor and writer of comedies .
biography
Baron came from a family of actors. His parents André Boyron and Jeanne Ausoult were both in the ensemble of the Théâtre du Marais . Around 1646 André Boyron took on the stage name Baron .
Although Baron's father died in 1655, his mother managed to bring about 6 children, of whom Baron was the youngest. When she also died 7 years later, his uncle took him in in Villejuif . This brought him to the petits-comediens du Dauphin , a children's ensemble in which he made his debut in 1664 at foiret Saint-Germain .
In 1665 he followed the ensemble to Rouen , where he noticed Molière in 1666 . The engagement could not be terminated by Baron himself because he was still a minor. It was not until 1670 that Baron was able to switch to the Troupe de Molière . There he made his debut at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal .
1673 Married Baron Charlotte Le Noir , the daughter of his stage colleague La Thorillière . In the same year Molière died and his troop could no longer hold out on their own. Therefore, Baron went to the Théâtre de l'hôtel de Bourgogne where he stayed until 1680. This year, by order of Louis XIV . various theater companies together and founded the Comédie-Française in the Salle du Jeu de paume de la Bouteille, to whose ensemble Baron belonged.
In 1691 he retired from the stage, although he was still very young. In the following years he used up the assets he had acquired and ran into financial hardship as a result. The king, who found out about this through a friend of Barons, decided to be generous and decreed that Baron should receive a pension of 1,500 livres .
Even if Baron did not perform any more public appearances, he gave private performances in Versailles , in the apartment of the king or Madame de Maintenon . At the same time he gave acting classes for comedians. The material used for this was found in the books of Louis de Rouvroy . In 1720, at the age of 67, he returned to the stage and the success exceeded his expectations.
Baron wrote his own plays which he published as a book during his lifetime. Many of the pieces were only published as books posthumously.
Publications (selection)
During his lifetime
- L'homme a bonne fortune , Comedy, Paris: T. Guillain, 1686
- La coquette et la fausse prude , Comedy, Paris: T. Guillain, 1687
- Les enlèvements , Comedy, Paris: T. Guillain, 1886
- Le Rendez-vous des Thuilleries ou le Coquet trompé , Comedy, T. Guillain, 1685
- L'Andrienne , Comedy, Paris: Pierre Ribou, 1703
Posthumously
- Charles Nodier and Pierre-Marie-Michel Lepeintre: Œuvres choisies de Baron, avec des remarques, des notices et l'examen de chaque pièce , Paris: Dabo-Butschert, 1824
- Le Théâtre de Monsieur Baron: augmenté de deux pièces qui n'avoient point encore été imprimées, et de diverses poësies du même auteur , Paris, 1736
- L'École des pères , Paris: Pierre Ribou, 1736 (first performed by the Comédie-Française, 1705)
literature
- Auguste Jal : Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire , page 111 ff.
- HA Soleirole: Molière et sa troupe , page 63 ff.
Web links
- Information on Michel Baron in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Auguste Jal: Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire , digitized , accessed on February 8, 2017
- ^ HA Soleirole: Molière et sa troupe , digitized version , accessed on February 8, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baron, Michel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boyron, Michel (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1729 |
| Place of death | Paris |