Parents Pierre d'Allarde | ||
Full Name Marie-François-Denis-Thérésa Le Roy Allarde Born 12 March 1778 Besançon Occupation Playwright, chansonnier Died 4 November 1841, Paris, France | ||
Marie-François-Denis-Thérésa Le Roy Allarde better known as Francis baron d'Allarde (12 March 1778 – 4 October 1841) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright.
Biography
The son of the politician Pierre d'Allarde, he was a journalist in the United-States (1794-1796) where he was responsible for a column devoted to good manners in a newspaper of Massachusetts. He graduated from University of Cambridge and returned to France in 1797 with the French legation. He began a career in theater with Arlequin aux Petites Maisons, a play which was given at Théâtre des Troubadours .
His plays, some of which achieved a great success, signed under many pseudonyms (Francis, M. Sapajou, baron d'Allarde...) were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville.
He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (6th division).