See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

SIMON See also:

• CHARLES SIMON FAVART (1710-1792)

FAVART (1710-1792)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 13th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1710, the son of a pastry-See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

cook . He was educated at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis-le-See also:

• GRAND

Grand, and after his See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death carried on the business for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . His first success in literature was La See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France delieree See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par la Pucelle d'See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, a poem which obtained a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of the Academie See also:

• DES

des Jeux See also:

• FLOR, ROGER DI

Flor ux . After the See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of his first See also:

• VAUDEVILLE

vaudeville, See also:

• LES

Les Deux Jumelles (1734), circumstances enabled him to relinquish See also:

• FAVERSHAM

FAVERSHAM 213 business and devote himself entirely to the See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

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 See also:

• WORKS

works were Annette et Lubin, Le Coq du See also:

• VILLAGE

village (1743), Ninette d la cour (1753), Les Trois Sultanes (1761) and L'Anglaisa See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux (1763) . See also:

• FAVART, CHARLES SIMON (1710-1792)

Favart became director of the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera Comique, and in 1745 married See also:

• MARIE

MARIE JUSTINE BENOITE DURONCERAY (1727–1772), a beautiful See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young dancer, See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer and actress, who as " Mlle See also:

• CHANTILLY

Chantilly " had made a successful debut the See also:

• YEAR

year before . By their See also:

• UNITED

united talents and labours the Opera Comique See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to such a height of success that it aroused the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of the See also:

• RIVAL

rival Comedie Italienne and was suppressed . Favart, See also:

• LEFT

left thus without resources, accepted the proposal of See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice de See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe, and undertook the direction of a troupe of comedians which was to accompany his See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army into See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders . I It was See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty to compose from time to time See also:

• IMPROMPTU (from in promptu, on the spur of the moment)

impromptu verses on the events of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign, amusing and stimulating the See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits of the men . So popular were Favart and his troupe that the enemy became desirous of See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing his See also:

• COMPANY

company and sharing his services, and permission was given to gratify them, battles and comedies thus curiously alternating with each other . But the See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal, who was an admirer of Mme Favart, began to persecute her with his attentions .

To See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape him she went to Paris, and the wrath of Saxe See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell upon the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband . A lettre de cachet was issued against him, but he fled to See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg and found concealment in a cellar . Mme Favart meanwhile had been established by the marshal in a See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house at Vaugirard; but as she proved a fickle See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress she was suddenly arrested and confined in a See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent, where she was brought to unconditional surrender in the beginning of 1750 . Before the year was out the marshal died, and Mme Favart reappeared at the Comedic Italienne, where for twenty years she was the favourite actress . To her is largely due the beginnings of the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in this See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre to performances of a lyric type adapted from See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• MODELS

models, which See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed later into the genuine French comic opera . She was also a bold reformer in matters of See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume, playing the See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant with See also:

• BARE

bare arms, in wooden shoes and See also:

• LINEN

linen See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress, and not, as heretofore, in See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court costume with enormous hoops, diamonds and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white kid gloves . With her husband, and other authors, she collaborated in a number of successful pieces, and one—La 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 See also:

• ABBE (Serbo-Croatian Rai))

abbe de See also:

• VOISENON, CLAUDE HENRI DE FUZEE, ABBE DE (1708—75)

Voisenon became intimate with him and took part in his labours, to what extent is uncertain . He had grown nearly See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind in his last days, and died in Paris on the 12th of May 1792 . His plays have been several times republished in various See also:

• EDITIONS

editions and selections (1763–1772, 12 vols.; 181o, 3 vols.; 1813; 1853) .

His See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence (1759–1763) with See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Durazzo, director of theatres at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, was published in 18o8 as MemoireS et correspondance litteraire, dramatique et anecdotique de C . S . Favart . It furnishes, valuable See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information on the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the See also:

• LITERARY

literary and theatrical worlds in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Favart's second son, See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

NICOLAS See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

JUSTIN FAVART (1749–1806), was an actor of moderate See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

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 See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

Antoine See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre Charles Favart (178o–1867) was in the See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic service, and assisted in editing his grandfather's See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs; he was a playwright and painter as well .