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FAVART, CHARLES SIMON (1710-1792) , French dramatist, was born in Paris on the 13th of November 1710, the son of a pastry-cook. He was educated at the college of Louis-le-Grand, and after his father's death carried on the business for a time. His first success in literature was La France delieree par la Pucelle d'Orleans, a poem which obtained a prize of the Academie des Jeux Flor ux. After the production of his first vaudeville, Les Deux Jumelles (1734), circumstances enabled him to relinquish FAVERSHAM
business and devote himself entirely to the drama. He provided many pieces anonymously for the lesser theatres, and first put his name to La Chercheuse d'esprit, which was produced in 1741. Among his most successful works were Annette et Lubin, Le Coq du village
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marshal , who was an admirer of Mme Favart, began to persecute her with his attentions. To escape him she went to Paris, and the wrath of Saxe fell upon the husband. A lettre de cachet was issued against him, but he fled to Strassburg and found concealment in a cellar. Mme Favart meanwhile had been established by the marshal in a house
change in this theatre to performances of a lyric type adapted from Italian models, which developed later into the genuine French comic opera. She was also a bold reformer in matters of stage costume, playing the peasant with bare arms, in wooden shoes and linen dress, and not, as heretofore, in court costume with enormous hoops, diamonds and long white kid gloves. With her husband, and other authors, she collaborated in a number of successful pieces, and oneLa Fille mal gardee she produced alone.Favart survived his wife twenty years. After the marshal's death in 1750 he had returned to Paris, and resumed his pursuits as a dramatist. It was at this time that the abbe de Voisenon became intimate with him and took part in his labours, to what extent is uncertain. He had grown nearly blind in his last days, and died in Paris on the 12th of May 1792. His plays have been several times republished in various editions and selections (17631772, 12 vols.; 181o, 3 vols.; 1813; 1853). His correspondence (17591763) with Count Durazzo, director of theatres at Vienna, was published in 18o8 as MemoireS et correspondance litteraire, dramatique et anecdotique de C. S. Favart. It furnishes, valuable information on the state of the literary and theatrical worlds in the 18th century. Favart's second son, CHARLES NICOLAS JOSEPH JUSTIN FAVART (17491806), was an actor of moderate talent at the Comedie Francaise for fifteen years. He wrote a number of successful plays :Le Diable boiteux (1782), Le Mariage singulier (1787) and, with his father, La Vieillesse d'Annette (1791). His son Antoine Pierre Charles Favart (178o1867) was in the diplomatic service, and assisted in editing his grandfather's memoirs; he was a playwright and painter as well. End of Article: FAVART, CHARLES SIMON (1710-1792) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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