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MONVEL (1745-1812)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 801 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONVEL (1745-1812)  , French actor and dramatic writer, whose real name was Jacques
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Marie Boutet, was born in Lunev'lle on the 25th of March 1745 . He was a small, thin man without good looks or voice, and yet he became one of the greatest comedians of his time . After some years of apprenticeship in the provinces, he made his debut in 1770 at the Comedie Francaise in
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Merope and Zenaide; he was received societaire in 1772 . For some reason unknown Monvel secretly
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left Paris for Sweden about 1781, and became reader to the king, a
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post which he held for several years . At the Revolution he returned to Paris, embraced its principles with ardour, and in 1791 joined the theatre in the rue Richelieu(the
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rival of the Comedie Francaise), which, under Talma, with Dugazon, his
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sister Mme Vestris, Grandmesnil (1737-1816) and Mme Desgarcins, was soon to become the Theatre de la Republique . After the Revolution Monvel returned to the reconstituted Comedie Francaise with all his old companions, but retired in 1807 . Monvel was made a member of the Institute in 1795 . He wrote six plays (four of them performed at the Comedie Francaise), two comedies, and fifteen comic operas, seven with
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music by N . Dezede (1740-1792), eight by Nicolas d'Alayrac (1753-1809 . He also xvu1 . 26published an
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historical novel, Fredegonde et Brunehaut (1776) . He was professor of elocution at the Conservatoire .

Monvel's two daughters, Mlles

Mars ainee and cadette, were well-known actresses .

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