About Nicolas-Médard Audinot
Lived 1732 – 1801 (aged 68). Nicolas-Médard Audinot was a French actor, marionetteist, playwright, choreographer, composer and dramaturge.
Nicolas-Médard Audinot (also Odinot, Oudinot (7 June 1732, Paris – 21 May 1801 ) was a French actor, singer, impresario, and puppeteer.
He first played at the Comédie Italienne. In 1762, he set up a puppeteer theatre at foire Saint-Germain where each character was an imitation of an actor of the Comédie-Italienne. His wood comedians attracted the crowd, and soon Audinot founded the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique where he substituted children to puppets.
In 1772, he presented grand pantomimes which made his fortune.
He authored Le Tonnelier, an opéra comique presented with success (music by Gossec, Philidor and Trial).
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Who was Nicolas-Médard Audinot?
French actor (1732-1801)
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Nicolas-Médard Audinot was born on 7 June 1732 in Bourmont.
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Nicolas-Médard Audinot died on 21 May 1801 in former 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Nicolas-Médard Audinot was an actor, marionetteist, playwright, choreographer, composer and dramaturge.
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Nicolas-Médard Audinot was French.
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