Ève Demaillot

Antoine-François Ève, also known under the name Ève Demaillot and the pseudonyms Antoine-François Ève-Démaillot, Démaillot, Ève Démaillot, Desmaillot, Maillot, Des Maillots..., (21 May 1747 in Dole – 18 July 1814 in Dubois hospital in Paris) was an 18th-century French comedian, man of letters, journalist and revolutionary.

Ève Demaillot
Born
Antoine-François Ève

21 May 1747
Dole, France
Died18 July 1814(1814-07-18) (aged 67)
Paris
OccupationActor
Playwright
Journalist

A volunteer in the royal army at eighteen, he deserted after a few years and fled to Amsterdam, where he held for seven years the acting profession. Back in France, he was tutor to Saint-Just for some time and played comedies and opéras comiques. In 1789, he also turned to journalism and engaged in the revolutionary movement.

An agent of the Committee of Public Safety in 1794, he was imprisoned for a while during the Thermidorian Reaction. Dedicated to journalism and theater after his release, he directed the character of Madame Angot in several of his plays.[1]

Hostile to the regime introduced by Bonaparte after the coup of 18 Brumaire, he participated in the attempted coup led by general Malet in October 1812 and spent several years in jail under the Consulat and the Empire.

Works

Bibliography

  • Désiré Baud, Le Dolois Ève-Demaillot (1747-1814), agent du Comité de Salut Public, "Mémoires de l'Académie de Besançon", vol. 172, 1958, (p. 173-196).

Sources

References

  1. Ernest Lunel (1970). "introduction". Le Théâtre et la révolution: histoire anecdotique des spectacles, de leurs comédiens et de leur public par rapport à la révolution française. Genève: Slatkine. p. XXIX-XXX..
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