François Andrieux

François Andrieux

François Andrieux
Born François Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux
6 May 1759
Strasbourg
Died 10 May 1833(1833-05-10) (aged 74)
Paris
Occupation Politician
Playwright
Poet

François Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux (6 May 1759 – 10 May 1833) was a French man of letters and playwright.

Life

Born and educated at Strasbourg, Andrieux proceeded to Paris to study law. There he became a close friend of Collin d'Harleville. He became secretary to the duke of Uzes, and practised at the bar, but his attention was divided between his profession and literature.[1]

He died on the 9th of May 1833 in Paris.[1]

His plays are of the 18th century style, comedies of intrigue, but they rank with those of Collin d'Harleville among the best of the period next to those of Pierre Beaumarchais. Les Étourdis is probably his best comedy.

Works

François-Joseph Heim, « François-Guillaume Andrieux faisant la lecture de sa tragédie Junius Brutus dans le foyer à la Comédie-Française le 26 mai 1828 », salon de 1847, Musée de l'Histoire de France.[2]

Theatre

Trivia

References

  1. 1 2 Chisholm 1911.
  2. Template:Base Joconde

Bibliography

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