Charles-Hippolyte Dubois-Davesnes


Charles-Hippolyte Dubois, better known as Dubois-Davesnes, was a 19th-century French playwright, actor, theatre director and theatre manager.
The sculptor Marguerite-Fanny Dubois-Davesnes was his daughter.

Biography

A jeweler worker and first prize for tragedy, he began his career at a very young age and aged 16 had his first play Maître Frontin à Londres presented at Théâtre de la Gaîté 17 April 1816. He made his actor debut 29 October 1822 at Théâtre de l'Odéon then was hired at Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, at théâtre du Vaudeville, again at l'Ambigu then at l'Odéon where he obtained a great success in La Tour de Nesle by Alexandre Dumas.
Stage director of the Théâtre du Gymnase then of the Théâtre des Variétés, he was general manager of the Théâtre-Français from 1850 to 1873. His plays were given on the most important Parisian stages of his time.
He also used the pen names Davenne, Davesne, Dubois, Dubois aîné and Dubois d'Avesnes.

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