François-Antoine Jolly
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François-Antoine Jolly (25 December 1662 in Paris – 30 July 1753) was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist.
Jolly became royal censor and initially composed several works for theater including the lyrics of the five-act opera Méléagre by Battistin given on 24 May 1709 ; l’École des Amants, comedy in three acts and in verse, successfully performed in 1718 and printed in 1719 ; la Capricieuse, comédy in three acts and in verse, presented at the Théâtre-Italien in 1726, published in 1727 ; and la Femme jalouse, comedy in three acts and in verse, given at the same theatre in 1726, printed in 1727.
He gave accurate editions of Œuvres by Molière, 1734, 6 vol. in-4°, and 1739, 8 vol. in-12, enhanced with vignettes for each play ; Œuvres by Racine, 1 vol. in-12 ; Œuvres by P. Corneille, 5 vol. in-12 ; Théâtre by Montfleury father and son, 3 vol. in 12.
Finally, he wrote Nouveau et grand Cérémonial de France, a work which earned a pension of 400 pounds to the sisters of the author.
Sources
- Ferdinand Hoefer, Nouvelle Biographie générale, t. 26, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1858,(p. 584).
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- 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights
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- 1662 births
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