Claude Deschamps
Claude Deschamps, sieur de Villiers (c. 1600 – 23 May 1681 in Chartres), was a 17th-century French actor and playwright.
Specializing in valet roles, he was a member of the troupe du Marais then of the Hôtel de Bourgogne[1]
In 1659 he wrote Festin de pierre ou le Fils criminel, a tragicomedy known to be one of the sources for the Dom Juan by Molière[1] and four burlesques comedies: L'Apothicaire dévalisé (1658), Les Ramoneurs (1662), Les Côteaux ou le Marquis friand (1665) and Les Trois Visages[1]
References
- "Claude Deschamps, dit de Villiers", in the Dictionnaire mondial des littératures, mentioned by Larousse.fr
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