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Florent Dancourt was born on the 1st of November 1661 at Fontainebleau. He belonged to a family of rank.
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Originally published in 1937 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains the complete text of Les bourgeoises a la mode by French dramatist Florent Carton Dancourt (1661-1725). The play is presented in French with a short editorial introduction in English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Dancourt and his works.
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Excerpt from Chefs-d'Oeuvre Dramatiques de Dancourt, Vol. 1 Florent Cnam: Ducounr est le plus fécond et peut - _être le plus gai de nos auteurs drama tiques. Il a composé plus de cinquante ouvra ges, dont quarante deux ont été joués avec succès au théâtre Français. Né à Fontainebleau le 1°l' novembre 1661 il fit ses études aux Jé suites, et mérita d'être distingué par le père Delarue, qui cberoha inutilement à l'attacher à sa société. La profession d'avocat étoit celle où le portèrent ses dispositions et son goût natu rel. Il s'y adonnoit avec la plus vive ardeur, lorsqu'à peine âgé de 23 ans il fit connoissabce de Thérèse Lenoir Lathorillière, soeur du der nier comédien de ce nom. La passion qu'il con cut pour cette jeune personne fut cause qu'il l'enleva et l'épousa malgré sa famille. Après cet éclat il ne vit plus d'autre carrière pour lui que le théâtre, et y débuta avec beaucoup de succès en 1685. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Florent Dancourt was born on the 1st of November 1661 at Fontainebleau. He belonged to a family of rank.
His parents entrusted his education to Pere de la Rue, a Jesuit, who made earnest efforts to induce him to join the order but he had no religious vocation and proceeded to study law.
Florent practised at the bar for some time, but his marriage led him to become an actor, and in 1685, in spite of the strong opposition of his family, he appeared at the Theatre Franjais.
His gifts as a comedian gave him immediate and marked success, both with the public and with his fellow actors. He was the spokesman of his company on occasions of state, and in this capacity he frequently appeared before Louis XIV, who treated him with great favour. One of his most famous impersonations was Alceste in the Misanthrope of Moliere.
His first play, Le Notaire obligeant, produced in 1685, was well received. La Desolation des joueuses (1687) was still more successful. Le Chevalier a la mode (1687) is generally regarded as his best work, though his claim to original authorship in this and some other cases has been disputed. In Le Chevalier a la mode appears the bourgeoise infatuated with the desire to be an aristocrat. The type is developed in Les Bourgeoises a, la mode (1692) and Les Bourgeoises de qualiie (1700). Dancourt was a prolific author, and produced some sixty plays in all. Some years before his death he terminated his career both as an actor and as an author by retiring to his chateau at Courcelles le Roi, in Berry, where he employed himself in making a poetical translation of the Psalms and in writing a sacred tragedy.
The plays of Dancourt are faithful descriptions of the manners of the time, and as such have real historical value. The characters are drawn with a realistic touch that led to his being styled by Charles Palissot the Teniers of comedy. He is very successful in his delineation of low life, and especially of the peasantry. The dialogue is sparkling, witty and natural. Many of the incidents of his plots were derived from actual occurrences in the " fast " and scandalous life of the period, and several of his characters were drawn from well-known personages of the day. Most of the plays incline to the type of farce rather than of pure comedy.
The complete works of Dancourt were published in 1760. An edition of his Thedtre choisi, with a preface by F. Sarcey, appeared in 1884.
(Originally published in 1937 as part of the Cambridge Pla...)
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
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(Excerpt from Chefs-d'Oeuvre Dramatiques de Dancourt, Vol....)
(Excerpt from Répertoire Général du Théâtre Français, Vol....)
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(Excerpt from Choix de Pieces du Théâtre François, Vol. 3:...)
(Excerpt from Choix de Pieces du Théatre Francois, Vol. 4:...)
(Excerpt from Les uvres de Monsieur d'Ancourt, Vol. 7 Ue...)
Quotes from others about the person
Voltaire defined Dancourt's talent in the words: "Ce que Regnard etait a 1' egard de Moliere dans la haute comedie, le comedien Dancourt 1' etait dans la farce".
Florent Dancourt was married to the daughter of the comedian Franfois Lenoir de la Thorilliere. His two daughters obtained success on the stage of the Theatre Franfais.
