Brécourt (playwright)

Brécourt
Brécourt in 1666
Born	Guillaume Marcoureau 10 February 1636 Paris
Died	28 March 1685(1685-03-28) (aged 49) Paris
Occupation(s)	Playwright Actor
Spouse	Étiennette Des Urlis

Guillaume Marcoureau, better known as Brécourt, (10 February 1638 – 28 March 1685) was a 17th-century

and actor.

Biography

The son of the comedians Pierre Marcoureau, called Beaulieu, and Marie Boulanger, he made his debut with his parents around 1650 in Philandre's troupe under the name "little Beaulieu". Shortly after, he took the pseudonym Brécourt, the name of the former hotel Brécourt that his father owned in joint possession in Paris.

On 18 December 1659, he married Étiennette Des Urlis (1629–1713), the daughter of comedians. He played at the

.

Brécourt especially distinguished himself in comedy, for the use of

said that "he could make fagots laugh."

His plays are comedies in verse, very mediocre and which obtained some success only thanks to the game of the author.

In 1685 in Paris, to the point of death, he gave up his acting career in the historical context of

. He testified that he "acknowledged having heretofore made the actor by profession, gave up completely and promised from a true and sincere heart not to exercise any more nor up to the stage, should he return in complete and full health."

Brécourt died after an effort he made playing one of his own comedies, Timon.

Works

• 1659: La Feinte mort de Jodelet (Paris)
• 1664: Le Grand benêt de fils
• 1666: Le Jaloux invisible (Paris)
• 1666: La Noce de village (Paris)
• 1667: L'Infante salicoque ou le Héros de roman
• 1674: Ballet et musique pour le divertissement du Roy de la Grande Bretagne (London)
• 1674: L'Ombre de Molière (Paris)
• 1674: La Régale des cousins de la cousine (Francfort)
• 1683: La Cassette
• 1684: Timon ou les Flatteurs trompés (Rouen)

See also

• Excommunication of actors by the Catholic Church

External links

• Brécourt, his plays and parts on CÉSAR