La Thorillière

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François Le Noir, sieur de La Thorillière (c. 1626 – 27 July 1680) was a French comic actor, who was born and died in Paris.^[1]

Life

La Thorillière was the son of

After serving as a captain in the Lorraine Regiment, he married the 21-year-old Marie Petitjean on 30 April 1658.[1] She was the niece of La Rocque, an actor at the Marais, and François joined the Marais company in 1659.^[1]

In June 1662, he and Brécourt moved to Molière's company, where La Thorillière acted in several of Molière's plays, most notably as a sad marquis in L'Impromptu de Versailles (1663) and as Hali in Le Sicilien (1667).^[3]

He was also for a time in charge of the accounts for Molière's company. His first register (1663–1664) was published by George Monval in 1890;^[4] the second (1664–1665) is preserved in the Archives of the Comédie-Française.^[1]

He wrote the play Cléopâtre, premiered at the Palais-Royal in December 1667 and put on eleven times.^[5] On 17 January 1671 he played the King in the premiere of the comédie-ballet Psyché, with text and lyrics by Molière, Philippe Quinault and Pierre Corneille and music by Jean-Baptiste Lully.^[6]

After Molière's death in 1673, La Thorillière (along with

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