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MONROSE (1783-1843)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 739 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONROSE (1783-1843)  , French actor, whose real name was Claude Louis Seraphin Barizain, was born in
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Besancon on the 6th of December 1783, and was already playing children's parts at the time of the Revolution . He was called to the Comedie Fran9aise in 1815, and was received societaire in 1817 . A small, active man, with
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mobile and expressive features and
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quick,
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nervous gestures, he was noted as the rascally servant in such plays as Le Barbier de Seville and
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Les Fourberies de Scapin . His son, Louts MARTIAL BARIZAIN (1809-1883), also called Monrose, was also an actor . He succeeded Samson as professor at the Conservatoire in 1866 .

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