Louis de Boissy

Louis de Boissy (26 November 1694, Vic-sur-Cère, Province of Auvergne – 19 April 1758, Paris) was an 18th-century French poet and playwright. He was elected to seat 6 of the Académie française on 12 August 1754. He wrote satires and several comedies, of which the best is Les Dehors trompeurs ou l'Homme du jour (The False Appearances, or the Man of the Moment), the great success of the 1740 season, with a cast including Quinault-Dufresne and Jeanne Quinault. Boissy had the concession to print the Mercure de France. His son was Louis Michel de Boissy. The historian Louis Michel de Boissy was his son.

Works His works were published in 9 volumes in-8 in Paris in 1766. Theatre 1721: L'Amant de sa femme, ou la Rivale d'elle-même, one-act comedy in prose, Théâtre-Français, 19 September Text online 1724: L'Impatient, five-act comedy in verse, preceded by a prologue, Théâtre-Français, 26 January 1725: Le Babillard, one-act comedy in verse Théâtre-Français, 16 June Text online 1727: Admète et Alceste, five-act tragedy, Théâtre-Français, 25 January 1727: Le Français à Londres, one-act comedy in prose, Théâtre-Français, 19 July Text online 1727: La Mort d'Alceste, five-act tragedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 26 November 1728: Don Ramire et Zaïde, five-act tragedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 24 January 1729: L'Impertinent malgré lui, ou les Amants mal assortis, five-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 14 May 1729: Melpomène vengée, ou les Trois Spectacles réduits à un et les Amours des déesses à rien, one-act comedy in prose, Théâtre-Français, 3 September 1730: Le Triomphe de l'intérêt, one-act comedy in verse with a divertissement and two comédies en vaudevilles, Comédie Italienne, 8 November 1731: Momus exilé, ou le Je ne sais quoi, one-act comedy in free verse, Comédie Italienne, 10 September Text online 1732: La Critique, one-act comedy in free verse, Comédie Italienne, 9 February 1732: La Vie est un songe, three-act comédie héroïque in verse, Comédie Italienne, 12 November 1732: L'Auteur superstitieux, à-propos in 1 act, Comédie Italienne, 9 February Text online 1733: Les Étrennes, ou la Bagatelle, one-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, January 1733: Le Badinage, ou le Dernier Jour de l'absence, one-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 23 November 1734: La Surprise de la haine, three-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 10 February 1734: L'Apologie du siècle, ou Momus corrigé, one-act comedy in free verse, Comédie Italienne, 1 April 1734: Les Billets doux, comédie divertissement in verse, Comédie Italienne, 15 September 1735: Les Amours anonymes, three-act comedy in verse, Comedie Italienne, 5 December 1736: Le Comte de Neuilly, comédie héroïque in 5 acts and in verse, Comédie Italienne, 18 January 1737: Les Deux Nièces, ou la Confidente d'elle-même, five-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 17 January 1737: La ****, three-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 17 August 1737 1738: Le Pouvoir de la sympathie, three-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 5 July 1739: Le Rival favorable, three-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 30 January 1739: Les Talents à la mode, three-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 17 September 1740: Dehors les trompeurs, ou l'Homme du jour, five-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 18 February Text online 1741: L'Embarras du choix, five-act comedy in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 11 December Text online 1742: Le Mari garçon, three-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 10 February 1742 1743: Paméla en France, ou la Vertu mieux éprouvée, three-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 4 March 1743: La Fête d'Auteuil ou la Fausse Méprise, three-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, August 1744: L'Époux par supercherie (The Husband by Trickery), two-act comedy, Théâtre-Français, 8 March Text online 1745: La Folie du jour, one-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 5 July 1745: Le Sage Etourdi, three-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 5 July Text online 1745: Le Médecin par occasion, five-act comedy in verse, Théâtre-Français, 12 March Text online 1745: Le Plagiaire, three-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 1 February 1746: Le Duc de Surrey, five-act pièce héroïque in verse, Théâtre-Français, 18 May 1748: Les Valets maîtres, comédie en vers libres et en 2 actes, Comédie Italienne, 20 February 1748: La Péruvienne, five-act comedy in free verse, Théâtre-Français, 5 June 1749: Le Retour de la paix, one-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 22 February Text online 1749: La Comète, one-act comedy in free verse, Théâtre-Français, 11 June 1751: Le Prix du silence, three-act comedy in verse, Théâtre italien de Paris, 26 February 1753: La Frivolité, one-act comedy in verse, Comédie Italienne, 23 January 1753: Programme d'Eugénie, ou des Effets de l'amour, three-act comedy, with 3 intermeds, Château de Fontainebleau, 15 November 1753: Le Maire de village, opera in prose, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 6 February Varia 1718: L'Élève de Terpsichore, ou le Nourrisson de la satire 1751: Les Filles femmes et les femmes filles, ou le Monde changé, conte qui n'en est pas un. Les Quinze minutes ou le Temps bien employé, conte d'un quart d'heure