Antoine-François Riccoboni

Antoine-François Riccoboni (1707 – 15 May 1772) was an Italian actor of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, whose stage name was Lélio fils.

Life He was born Antonio Francesco Valentino Riccoboni in Mantua.

Works In addition to several pieces of verse, a Satire sur le goût, le Conte sans R, and some other poems, Antoine-François Riccoboni wrote a great number of comedies of which the best, Les Caquets, in three acts in prose, translated or imitated from Carlo Goldoni, was successfully revived at the Théâtre Louvois in 1802.

In 1726 he performed in Marivaux's La Surprise de l'amour. He wrote more than 50 comedies in French including:

1726: Les Comédiens esclaves 1732: Les Amusements à la mode 1735: Le Conte de Fée 1760: Le Prétendu 1760: Le Prétendu 1761: Les Caquets 1764: Les Amants de village

He also authored a treatise L'art du théâtre, published in 1750. 1750: Art dit Théâtre, Paris, in-8°.