About Auguste Duport
Lived 1777 – 1843 (aged 66). Auguste Duport was a French playwright, librettist and writer.
Auguste Duport, full name François Auguste Duport, (22 January 1777 – 5 September 1843) was a French playwright.
Originally a carpenter, he embraced literature and his plays were performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique and at the Théâtre-Français.
Selected works 1820: Le Frère Philippe, opéra comique in one act, with Victor Dourlen 1824: Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à deux maris, comédie-vaudeville in one act, with Paul Duport and Amable de Saint-Hilaire, 1824: Une journée de Charles V, comédie in one act and in prose, with P. Duport 1834: Le Marchand forain, opéra-comique in three acte, with Eugène Planard
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Who was Auguste Duport?
French playwright (1777-1843)
When was Auguste Duport born?
Auguste Duport was born on 22 January 1777 in Paris.
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Auguste Duport died on 5 September 1843 in Amboise.
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Auguste Duport was a playwright, librettist and writer.
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Auguste Duport was French.
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