Collin d'Harleville

Jean -François Collin d' Harleville (* May 30, 1755 in Maintenon to Chartres, † February 24, 1806 in Paris) was a French poet and dramatist.

Collin d' Harleville first studied law, but then turned to the literature. His work consists in particular of a number of amiable character pieces, including his most famous work " Le vieux célibataire " that were played in his time on the most important stages of the revolutionary and Napoleonic France especially, but which are hardly known today. His other works were already his contemporaries rather than weak.

In 1803 he was appointed as a member of the Académie française ( after the turmoil of the revolution temporarily as Institut national des sciences et des arts called ) appointed. A further honor was the inclusion in the Legion of Honor, founded by Napoleon.

Works

  • L' Inconstant, comedy in three acts and in verse (1780 ), Paris, Comédie- Française, June 13, 1786
  • L' Optimiste, ou l' homme toujours content, Comedy, Paris, Comédie- Française, February 22, 1788
  • Les Châteaux en Espagne, comedy in five acts and in verse, Paris, Comédie- Française, 20 février 1789
  • Monsieur de Crac dans son petit castel, ou les Gascons, comedy in one act and in verse, Paris, Comédie- Française, March 4, 1791
  • Malice pour malice, comedy in three acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre Louvois, 1791
  • Le Vieux célibataire, comedy in five acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre de la Nation, February 24, 1792
  • Rose et Picard, ou suite de l' Optimiste, comedy in one act and in verse, music by Nicolas Dalayrac, 1794
  • Les Artistes, piece in 4 acts and in verse, Paris, November 9, 1796
  • Les Moeurs du jour, ou l' École des jeunes femmes, comedy in five acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre français de la République, 1800
  • Il veut tout faire, episodic comedy in one act and in verse, Paris, Théâtre Louvois, 1804
  • Les deux frères of Querelles, ou la Famille Bretonne, comedy in three acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre de l' Imperatrice, 17 November 1808
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