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
Bibliography
- Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849396.
- Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor (1983). The Oxford Companion to the Theatre (fourth edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192115461.
- Senelick, Laurence (1995). "Riccoboni, family", p. 918 in The Cambridge Guide to the Theatre, edited by Martin Banham. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521434379.
External links
- L'Art du théâtre, 1750 at Gallica
- L'Art du théâtre, 1750 at Google Books
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