Alexander Placide

Alexander Placide (1750–1812), was an American (originally French) actor and theatre manager. He debuted in France in 1770 and was active in Saint-Domingue until the Haitian Revolution, after which he emigrated to the United States in 1791 .

He managed the Charleston Theatre from 1796 and was the leader of the Charleston Company, which also toured Georgia and Virginia and is considered to have introduced a permanent theatre in these states. The Richmond Theatre fire of 1811 occurred while his company was performing in the building. In 1812, Placide became a co-manager with William Twaits and Jean Baptiste Casmiere Breschard of the Olympic Theatre in New York.

He was married to Charlotte Wrighten Placide and father of Jane Placide.