Antoine-François Riccoboni (1707 – 15 May 1772)[1] was an Italian actor of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, whose stage name was Lélio fils.[2]
Life edit
He was born Antonio Francesco Valentino Riccoboni[3] in Mantua.[1] His father was the celebrated actor Luigi Riccoboni, who became the director of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1716, and his mother was the actress Elena Balletti (1686–1771).[2] In 1734 he married Marie-Jeanne de La Boras.[4]
Works edit
In addition to several pieces of verse, a Satire sur le goût, le Conte sans R, and some other poems, Antoine-François Riccoboni wrote a great number of comedies of which the best, Les Caquets, in three acts in prose, translated or imitated[5] from Carlo Goldoni, was successfully revived at the Théâtre Louvois in 1802.
In 1726 he performed in Marivaux's La Surprise de l'amour. He wrote more than 50 comedies in French including:
- 1726: Les Comédiens esclaves
- 1732: Les Amusements à la mode
- 1735: Le Conte de Fée
- 1760: Le Prétendu
- 1760: Le Prétendu
- 1761: Les Caquets[6]
- 1764: Les Amants de village
He also authored a treatise L'art du théâtre, published in 1750.[2]
- 1750: Art dit Théâtre, Paris, in-8°.
Notes edit
- ^ a b "Riccoboni, Antoine-François" Notice d'autorité personne at the BnF website.
- ^ a b c Forman 2010, p. 151.
- ^ Senelick 1995; ISNI
- ^ Senelick 1995.
- ^ See notice Bnf n°: FRBNF31209708
- ^ Pièce de théâtre avec la collaboration de Mme Riccoboni, Notice Bnf n°: FRBNF31209708. Les Caquets, œuvre musicale, rondo en Staccato pour violon par Joseph Bologne Chevalier de St-Georges, compositeur. Notice Bnf n°: FRBNF15819176.- Les Caquets [ Enregistrement sonore], harmonisation par Marius Casadesus, violon accompagné de piano, Publication: France: Polydor, 1936, Notice Bnf n°: FRBNF37992857.
Bibliography edit
- Forman, Edward (2010). Historical Dictionary of French Theater. Lanham: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810849396.
- Hartnoll, Phyllis, editor (1983). The Oxford Companion to the Theatre (fourth edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192115461.
- Senelick, Laurence (1995). "Riccoboni, family", p. 918 in The Cambridge Guide to the Theatre, edited by Martin Banham. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521434379.
External links edit
- L'Art du théâtre, 1750 at Gallica
- L'Art du théâtre, 1750 at Google Books
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