François Jules Edmond Got

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Edmond Got

François Jules Edmond Got (1 October 1822, in Lignerolles, Orne – 21 March 1901, in Passy, a district in Paris) was a French stage actor, comedian, and opera librettist.

Edmond Got entered the

Théâtre Français was celebrated in 1894, and he made his final appearance the year after.[1]

Got was a fine representative of the grand style of French acting, and was much admired in England as well as in Paris. He wrote two librettos for operas by Edmond Membrée (1820-1892), François Villon (1857) and L'Esclave (1874). In 1881, he was decorated with the cross of the Legion of Honour.[1]

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Got, François Jules Edmond". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 269.
  • Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, D. Appleton and company, 1902, Got, Edmond, p. 491