See also:

• JEAN

JEAN 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 See also:

• JEAN LOUIS LAYA (1761-1833)

LAYA (1761-1833)  , 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 4th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1761 and died in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1833 . He wrote his first See also:

• COMEDY

comedy in collaboration with See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel M . J . B . See also:

• LEGOUVE, GABRIEL JEAN BAPTISTE ERNEST WILFRID (1807–1903)

Legouve in 1785, bu,t the piece, though accepted by the Comedie Francaise, was never represented . In 1789 he produced a plea for religious See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

toleration in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a five-See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act tragedy in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, See also:

• JEAN

Jean Galas; the injustice of the disgrace See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast on a See also:

• FAMILY

family by the See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime of one of its members formed the theme of See also:

• LES

Les Dangers de l'See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion (1790); but it is by his Ami See also:

• DES

des lois (1793) that See also:

• LAYA, JEAN LOUIS (1761-1833)

Laya is remembered . This energetic protest against See also:

• MOB

mob-See also:

• RULE

rule, with its scarcely veiled characterizations of See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre as Nomophage and of See also:

• MARAT, JEAN PAUL (1743-1793)

Marat as Duricrane, was an act of the highest courage, for the See also:

• PLAY

play was ,produced at the See also:

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

Theatre See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

Francais (temporarily Theatre de la Nation) only 1 The verb " to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie," to speak falsely, to tell a falsehood, is in O . Eng . Mogan; it appears in most See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, e.g . Dutch lugen, Ger. liigen . nineteen days before the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution 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 XVI . Ten days after its first See also:

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

production the piece was prohibited by the See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune, but the public demanded its See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation; the See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Paris was compelled to See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to the See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention, and the piece was played while some 30,000 Parisians guarded the See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall .

Laya went into hiding, and several persons convicted of having a copy of the See also:

• OBNOXIOUS (Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm)

obnoxious play in their See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession were guillotined . At the end of the Terror Laya returned to Paris . In 1813 he re-placed See also:

• DELILLE, JACQUES (1738–1813)

Delille in the Paris See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• HISTORY

history and French See also:

• POETRY

poetry; he was admitted to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 18'7 . Laya produced in 1797 Les Deux Stuarts, and in 1799 See also:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland, the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-role of which provided See also:

• TALMA, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1763-1826)

Talma with one of his finest opportunities . Laya's See also:

• WORKS

works, which chiefly owe their See also:

• INTEREST

interest to the circumstances attending their production, were collected in 1836—1837 . See See also:

• NOTICE

Notice biographique sur J . L . Laya (1833) ; Ch . See also:

• NODIER, CHARLES (1780-1844)

Nodier, Discours de reception, 26th December 1833) ; Welschinger, Thedtre de la revolution (188o) .