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FEBVRE, ALEXANDRE

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 231 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FEBVRE, See also:ALEXANDRE FRIlDIARIC . (1835– ), See also:French actor, was See also:born in See also:Paris, and after the usual See also:apprenticeship in the provinces and in several Parisian theatres in small parts, was called to the Comedie Francaise in 1866, where he made his debut as See also:Philip II. in See also:Don Juan d'Autriche. He soon became the most popular leading See also:man in Paris, not only in the classical repertoire, but in contemporary novelties. In 1894 he toured the See also:principal cities of See also:Europe, and, in 1895, of See also:America. He was also a composer of See also:light See also:music for the piano, and published several books of varying merit. He married Mdlle Harville, daughter of one of his predecessors at the Comedie Frangaise, herself a well-known actress.

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