Joseph Bruseau de La Roche
Joseph Bruseau de La Roche (? in Paris – 17 July 1750 in Brussels) was an 18th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager.
Joseph Bruseau La Roche directed the Théâtre de la Monnaie from 1731 to 1733, a job that had previously been handled by . The theater knew several successful performances under his guidance, but also endured harsh competition by the . La Roche relinquished the position in 1733, but remained in contact with the theater throughout his acting career. He was succeeded by François Moylin.[1]
La Roche composed several theatre plays:
- 1729: Arlequin Thémistocle (Brussels)
- 1731: Le Jugement comique ou la Revue des spectacles de Bruxelles (Brussels)
- 1732: Divertissements pour célébrer la fête de sa Majesté Imperiale et Catholique (Vienna)
- 1739: Les Athéniens, ballet (Brussels)
- 1744: Arlequin larron, prévôt et juge (Brussels)
- 1749: Le Retour de la paix dans les Pays-Bas (Brussels).
During the 1740s, La Roche was a seller of wallpaper and tapestries.
Sources[]
- ^ Bram Van Oostveldt, The Theatre de la Monnaie and Theatre Life in the 18th Century Austrian Netherlands: From a Courtly-aristocratic to a Civil-enlightened Discourse?, Academia Press, 2000, p. 36.
Categories:
- 18th-century French male actors
- French male stage actors
- 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- French theatre managers and producers
- Opera managers
- Writers from Paris
- 1750 deaths