Philippe Poisson (actor)
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Philippe Poisson (8 February 1682 – 4 August 1743), known professionally as Crispin III,[1] was a French actor and playwright.
Life
He, as well as the actor François-Arnoul Poisson de Roinville and the novelist and playwright Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez were all children of the actor Paul Poisson. Born in Paris, Philippe made his début in 1700 in a tragedy, playing secondary roles with some success and also appearing in high comedy. Retiring with his father in 1711, he returned to the stage in 1715 before leaving it for good in 1722. He died in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Like those of his grandfather Raymond Poisson, his plays lack invention – their style is less trivial but still lacks elegance, though their dialogue is naturalistic. The two most notable ones are le Procureur arbitre (1728) and l’Impromptu de campagne (1733), whilst the others are la Boite de Pandore (1729), Alcibiade (1731), le Réveil d’Épiménide (1736), le Mariage par lettres de change (1735), les Ruses d’amour (1736) and l’Actrice nouvelle (a comedy, never performed after Adrienne Lecouvreur wrote a satire mocking it).[2]
References
- ^ Herzel, Roger W. (2003). "Poisson, Raymond". In Kennedy, Dennis (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance. Vol. 2. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1053–1054. ISBN 0-19-860671-0 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Richtman 1971, p. 128.
Sources
- Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. (1983). The Oxford Companion to the Theatre (4th ed.). Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-19-211546-4 – via the Internet Archive.
- Lancaster, Henry Carrington (1945). Sunset: A History of Parisian Drama in the Last Years of Louis XIV, 1701–1715. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press. OCLC 1151320593 – via the Internet Archive.
- Lancaster, Henry Carrington (1950). French Tragedy in the Time of Louis XV and Voltaire. Vol. 1. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press. OCLC 1149199512 – via the Internet Archive.
- Lyonnet, Henry (1902–1908). Dictionnaire des comédiens français (in French). Vol. 2. Genève: Bibliotheque de la Revue universelle internationale illustrée. p. 539 – via Gallica.
- Vapereau, Gustave (1876). Dictionnaire universel des littératures. Paris: Hachette. p. 1621 – via the Internet Archive.
- Richtman, Jack (1971). Adrienne Lecouvreur: the Actress and the Age. New Jersey: Englewood Cliffs. OCLC 1023756226.
External links
- (in French) Philippe Poisson at the Comédie-Française official website
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- 1682 births
- 1743 deaths
- 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 18th-century French male actors
- 18th-century French male writers
- French male dramatists and playwrights
- French male stage actors
- Male actors from Paris
- Writers from Paris