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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)  , 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 . 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 . 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 . 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, a See also:post which he held for several years . 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 . 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 See also:Institute in 1795 . 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 . Dezede (1740-1792), eight by See also:Nicolas d'Alayrac (1753-1809 . He also xvu1 . 26published an See also:historical novel, Fredegonde et Brunehaut (1776) . He was See also:professor of elocution at the See also:Conservatoire .

Monvel's two daughters, Mlles See also:

Mars ainee and cadette, were well-known actresses .

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