Louis-François Faur
Louis-François Faur (24 August 1746 – 1829) was a French
librettist
, playwright and man of letters.
Faur was a secretary of the Duke of Fronsac and, although he left many productions, he ended his days in poverty and oblivion.
Works
Comedies
- 1780: le Déguisement forcé, two-act comedy
- 1784: Isabelle et Fernand ou l’Alcade de Zolaitrée, three-act comedy
- 1784: l’Amour à l’épreuve
- 1786: la Veuve anglaise
- 1801: le Confident par hasard, comedy in 4 acts and in verse
- 1805: Rien pour lui, three-act comedy, etc.
Dramas
- 1783: Montrose et Amélie, qui eut un grand succès
- 1786: la Prévention vaincue
- 1795: Alphonsine et Séraphine
- 1805: le Sabot fidèle
Librettos for opéras comiques
- 1786: Colombine et Cassandre le pleureur
- 1794: l’Intrigant sans le vouloir
- 1796: la Fête de la cinquantaine, in-8°, etc.
The one work of Faur's production which was the most notorious is the Vie privée du maréchal de Richelieu (Paris, 1790, 3 vol. in-8°). It contains interesting anecdotes intended to scandal, including the romantic adventure of
Duke de Richelieu
, with Mme Michelin, nicknamed la belle tapissière.
Sources
- Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe;français, historique, géographique, mythologique, bibliographique (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: Administration du grand Dictionnaire universel. 1866–1877. p. 145. Retrieved 14 July 2016..
- Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne (Supplément), Paris : Louis-Gabriel Michaud, 1838, vol.64, p. 19-20 [1]
External links
- Louis-François Faur on Data.bnf.fr
