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BAPTISTE

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 370 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAI-BAR
BAPTISTE . NICOLAS ANSELME (1761-1835), French actor, was born in Bordeaux on the 18th of June 1761, the elder son of Joseph Francois Anselme, a popular actor. His mother played leading parts in tragedy, and both his parents enjoyed the protection of Voltaire and the friendship of Lekain. It was probably under the auspices of the latter that Nicolas Anselme made his first
appearance
  as de Belloy in Gaston et
Bayard
 ; and shortly afterwards, under the name of Baptiste, he made a
contract
  to play
young
  lover parts at
Arras
 , where he also appeared in opera and even in pantomime. From Rouen, where he had three successful: years, his reputation spread to Paris and he was summoned to the new theatre which the comedian Langlois-Courcelles had just founded, and where he succeeded, not only in making an engagement for himself, but in bringing all his family, father, mother, wife and brother. They were thus distinguished in the playbills: Baptiste, aine, Baptiste pere, Baptiste
cadet
 , Madame Baptiste mere, Madame Baptiste bru. This resulted in the pun of calling a play in which they all appeared une piece de baptistes. Nicolas soon obtained the public favour. specially in La Martelliere's mediocre Robert, chef de
brigands, and as Count Almaviva in Beaumarchais' La Mere coupable. His success in this was so
great
  that the directors of the Theatre de la Republique--who had already secured Talma, Dugazon and Madame Vestrishastened to obtain his services, and, in order to get him at once (1793), paid the 20,000 francs forfeit which he was obliged to surrender on breaking his
contract
 . Later he, as well as his younger brother, became societaire. Nicolas took all the leading parts in comedy and tragedy. As he grew older his
special
  forte lay in noble fathers. After a brilliant career of thrity-five years of uninterrupted service, he retired in 1828. But, after the revolution of 1830, when the Theatre Francais was in
great
  straits, the brothers Baptiste came to the rescue, reappeared on the stage and helped to bring back its prosperity. The elder died in Paris on the 1st of December 1835. The younger brother, Paul Eustache Anselme, known as BAPTISTE
cadet
  (1765-1839), was also a comedian of great talent, and had a long and brilliant career at the Comedic Francaise, where he made his debut in 1792 in L' Amour et l'intgrPt.


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