Charles-Nicolas Favart

Charles -Nicolas Joseph Justin Favart (* March 17, 1749 in Paris, † February 1, 1806 ) was a French actor and writer.

Favart was the son of the writer Charles Simon Favart and his wife, the actress Marie Duronceray. His first art lessons got Favart by his parents. With their support, he came in 1779, after several years at various theater companies in the Comédie- Italienne and remained there until 1795.

After the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror Favart never returned to the theater, but withdrew into private life.

The future diplomat Antoine Pierre Favart (1780-1867) was his son.

Roles (selection)

• Le maire - Le tableau parlant ( André- Ernest- Modeste Grétry )
• Jacques - Les trois fermiers (Nicolas Dezède )

Works (selection)

• Casimir et Virginie.
• Compliment de clôture.
• Compliment de rentrée. In 1780.
• Le DEMENAGEMENT d' Arlequin.
• Le départ du seigneur.
• Le diable boiteux.
• Le dialogue of heureux amants.
• La famille reunie.
• L' heureux naufrage.
• Le maison en loterie.
• La mariage singulier. , 1787.
• Le prix de Sagesse.
• La Sagesse Humaine. , 1790.
• Les trois folies. In 1786.