See also:MONVEL (1745-1812)
, See also:French actor and dramatic writer, whose real name was Jacques See also:Marie Boutet, was See also:born in Lunev'lle on the 25th of See also:March 1745
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He was a small, thin See also:man without See also:good looks or See also:voice, and yet he became one of the greatest comedians of his 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
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After some years of See also:apprenticeship in the provinces, he made his debut in 1770 at the Comedie Francaise in See also:Merope and Zenaide; he was received societaire in 1772
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For some See also:reason unknown See also:Monvel secretly See also:left See also:Paris for See also:Sweden about 1781, and became reader to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, a See also:post which he held for several years
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At the Revolution he returned to Paris, embraced its principles with ardour, and in 1791 joined the See also:theatre in the See also:rue See also:Richelieu(the See also:rival of the Comedie Francaise), which, under See also:Talma, with See also:Dugazon, his See also:sister Mme See also:Vestris, Grandmesnil (1737-1816) and Mme See also:Desgarcins, was soon to become the Theatre de la Republique
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After the Revolution Monvel returned to the reconstituted Comedie Francaise with all his old companions, but retired in 1807
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Monvel was made a member of the See also:Institute in 1795
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He wrote six plays (four of them performed at the Comedie Francaise), two comedies, and fifteen comic operas, seven with See also:music by N
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Dezede (1740-1792), eight by See also:Nicolas d'Alayrac (1753-1809
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He also
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26published an See also:historical novel, Fredegonde et Brunehaut (1776)
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He was See also:professor of elocution at the See also:Conservatoire
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Monvel's two daughters, Mlles See also:Mars ainee and cadette, were well-known actresses
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