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See also:MONVEL (1745-1812) , See also:French actor and dramatic writer, whose real name was Jacques See also:Marie Boutet, was See also:born in Lunev'lle on the 25th of See also:March 1745. He was a small, thin See also:man without See also:good looks or See also:voice, and yet he became one of the greatest comedians of his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. After some years of See also:apprenticeship in the provinces, he made his debut in 1770 at the Comedie Francaise in See also:Merope and Zenaide; he was received societaire in 1772. For some See also:reason unknown Monvel secretly See also:left See also:Paris for See also:Sweden about 1781, and became reader to the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, a See also:post which he held for several years. At the Revolution he returned to Paris, embraced its principles with ardour, and in 1791 joined the See also:theatre in the See also:rue See also:Richelieu(the See also:rival of the Comedie Francaise), which, under See also:Talma, with See also:Dugazon, his See also:sister Mme See also:Vestris, Grandmesnil (1737-1816) and Mme See also:Desgarcins, was soon to become the Theatre de la Republique. After the Revolution Monvel returned to the reconstituted Comedie Francaise with all his old companions, but retired in 1807. Monvel was made a member of the See also:Institute in 1795. He wrote six plays (four of them performed at the Comedie Francaise), two comedies, and fifteen comic operas, seven with See also:music by N. Dezede (1740-1792), eight by See also:Nicolas d'Alayrac (1753-1809. He also
xvu1. 26published an See also:historical novel, Fredegonde et Brunehaut (1776). He was See also:professor of elocution at the See also:Conservatoire. Monvel's two daughters, Mlles See also:Mars ainee and cadette, were well-known actresses.
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