About Jean-Baptiste Radet
Lived 1752 – 1830 (aged 78). Jean-Baptiste Radet was a French playwright.
Jean-Baptiste Radet (20 January 1752 in Dijon – 17 March 1830 in Paris) was a French vaudevillist.
Prior to the French Revolution, he worked in the library of the duchesse de Villeroy, allowing him to indulge his literary tastes. He had already had success with several plays at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and Théâtre-Italien (Opéra-Comique), when he founded the Théâtre du Vaudeville with his friend Pierre-Yves Barré. Notable among his plays are : Renaud d'Ast (1787) La Chaste Suzanne (1793) Gaspard l'avisé La Maison en loterie.
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Who was Jean-Baptiste Radet?
French playwright (1752-1830)
When was Jean-Baptiste Radet born?
Jean-Baptiste Radet was born on 20 January 1752 in Dijon.
When did Jean-Baptiste Radet die?
Jean-Baptiste Radet died on 17 March 1830 in Paris.
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Jean-Baptiste Radet was a playwright.
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Jean-Baptiste Radet was French.
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