Montrouge

Montrouge (15 March 1825 – 22 December 1903), born Louis (Émile) Hesnard, was a comic actor in French musical theatre in the second half of the nineteenth century, as well as a theatre manager in Paris.

Montrouge's career began in earnest in 1855 at the Théâtre Batignolles, where he also acted as manager. In addition he variously managed the Théâtre Folies-Marigny from 1864 to 1869 (where he met his wife, and on leaving received a benefit of 500,000 francs), the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Athénée-Comique. in 1886 he was Commissaire Trousselet in Fiacre 117 and in 1887 Doyenné in Coup de foudre.

Montrouge sang in several revivals at the Bouffes Parisiens, including the Baron in Le Droit du seigneur, Laurent XVII in La mascotte, and Alfred Pharaon in Joséphine vendue par ses sœurs in 1889.

His wife was the actress and operetta singer Marguerite Macé-Montrouge whom he met while working at the Folies-Marigny.