Troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1680

Composition of the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1680

As of 24 August 1680, La Grange set in his register:

« Jonction de la Troupe Royalle cy-devant à l'hostel de bourgogne avec la nostre suivant les ordres du Roy ».

The new troupe consisted of 27 people, that is 15 actors and 12 actresses. The first performance took place on 25 August with Phèdre by Racine and Les Carosses d'Orléans by La Chapelle.

ActorsActresses
ChampmesléChampmeslé
Baron Baron
PoissonDe Brie
La GrangeLa Grange
Beauval Beauval
Dauvilliers Bellonde
La Thuillerie Dennebaut
GuérinGuérin
Rosimond Dupin
HubertGuyot
Du CroisyDu Croisy
Raisin Raisin
De Villiers
Verneuil
Hauteroche

Sources

Bert Edward Young and Grace Philputt Young, Le registre de La Grange (1659-1685), Paris, E. Droz, 1947, vol. I, p. 238–244.

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