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Ève Demaillot

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Ève Demaillot
Born
Antoine-François Ève

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

Antoine-François Ève, also known by 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 a French comedian, man of letters, journalist and revolutionary.

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 [fr] 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.

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Bibliography

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  • 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).

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  • Henry Lyonnet (1904). Dictionnaire des comédiens français, ceux d'hier. Vol. 1. Librairie théâtrale. p. 499. Lyonnet..
  • «« Desmaillot (Antoine-François Ève) », Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne ou histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes, Louis-Gabriel Michaud, vol. 62, 1837, (p. 392-394)
  • « Ève (Ant.-Franç.), dit Démaillot », in Joseph-Marie Quérard (1827–1839). La France littéraire ou Dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, historiens et gens de lettres de la France, ainsi que des littérateurs étrangers qui ont écrit en français, plus particulièrement pendant les XVIIIe et XIXesiècles (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: Firmin Didot père et fils, puis Firmin Didot frères. p. 47. Quérard..

References

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  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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