Antoine-François Riccoboni

Antoine-François Riccoboni (1707 – 15 May 1772)[1] was an Italian actor of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, whose stage name was Lélio fils.[2]

Life

He was born Antonio Francesco Valentino Riccoboni[3] in Mantua.[1] His father was the celebrated actor Luigi Riccoboni, who became the director of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1716, and his mother was the actress Elena Baletti (1686–1771).[2] In 1734 he married Marie-Jeanne de La Boras.[4]

Career

In 1726 he performed in Marivaux's La Surprise de l'amour. He wrote more than 50 comedies in French and a treatise L'art du théâtre, published in 1750.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Riccoboni, Antoine-François" Notice d'autorité personne at the BnF website.
  2. 1 2 3 Forman 2010, p. 151.
  3. Senelick 1995; ISNI
  4. Senelick 1995.

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