Joseph Bruseau de La Roche

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Died 17 July 1750, Brussels

Joseph Bruseau de La Roche (? in Paris – 17 July 1750 in Brussels) was an 18th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager.

He directed the Théâtre de la Monnaie from 1731 to 1733 and composed several theatre plays:

1729: Arlequin Thémistocle (Brussels)

1731: Le Jugement comique ou la Revue des spectacles de Bruxelles (Brussels)

1732: Divertissements pour célébrer la fête de sa Majesté Imperiale et Catholique (Vienna)

1739: Les Athéniens, ballet (Brussels)

1744: Arlequin larron, prévôt et juge (Brussels)

1749: Le Retour de la paix dans les Pays-Bas (Brussels).

During the 1740s, he was a seller of wallpaper and tapestries.

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