Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval
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Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval (April 6, 1767 – September 1, 1842), French dramatist, was born at Rennes.
He was in turn sailor, architect, actor, theatrical manager and dramatist. He is the characteristic dramatist of the Empire, but the least ambitious of his dramas have best stood the test of time. Les Projets de mariage (1790), Les Tuteurs vengés (1794) and Les Héritiers (1796) have been revived on the modern French stage.
Others among his plays, which number more than sixty, are Le menuisier de Livonie (1805), La manie des grandeurs (1817) and Le Faux Bonhomme (1821). In 1812 he was elected to the Academy.
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- This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
| Preceded by Gabriel-Marie Legouvé |
Seat 4 Académie française 1812-1842 |
Succeeded by Pierre-Simon Ballanche |
