Alexandre Ferré
Alexandre Ferré also known as Firmin or Saint-Firmin, (? – 27 February 1839) in Paris was a 19th-century French playwright.
A former sergeant in the National Guard, he became actor and tenor at Versailles. Hired by the Théâtre de la Gaîté then, after a tour in Seine-et-Oise, at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, he played the part of Don César de Bazan in Ruy Blas at the inauguration of the Théâtre de la Renaissance 8 November 1838.[1] Sick, he last played 5 January 1839 and died a month later after this success. He was then replaced in that role by .
His plays were presented among others at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and the Théâtre du Panthéon.
Works[]
- 1833: Cinq-Mars, drama in 5 acts in prose
- 1836: Le Ménage de Titi, tableau in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Théodore de Lustières
- 1837: Baron le comédien, anecdote-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean-Baptiste Tuffet
- 1838: Maître Job, ou Ma femme et mon télescope, vaudeville in 1 act
- 1839: Tiennette, ou le Racoleur et la jeune fille, vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe Guénée
- 1846: Je vous y prends ! ou l'Assurance mutuelle, vaudeville épisodique in 1 act, posth.
Bibliography[]
- Joseph Marie Quérard, Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées, 1852, p. 216
Notes[]
- ^ The director of the Théâtre de la Renaissance, must buy his contract with the Gaite where he was engaged until 1840.
Categories:
- 19th-century French male actors
- French male stage actors
- 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 1839 deaths