Florent Carton Dancourt

Florent Carton Dancourt was a French actor, playwright and writer (1661–1725). He was born at Fontainebleau and died at Beaulieu-sur-Loire.

Florent Carton Dancourt in brief

Born
1661
Died
1725
Known for
actor, playwright and writer
Place of birth
Fontainebleau
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Identity and origins

Florent Carton Dancourt was recorded at birth as Florent Carton. He also worked under the name Dancourt. His recorded language was French.

He married Marie-Thérèse Dancourt. 2 children are recorded: Manon Dancourt and Mimi Dancourt.

Catalogued works

45 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1697 to 1751.

Le Chevalier a la mode. La femme d'intrigues. La folle enchere. Miss in her teens. Le mary retrouvé. Les trois cousines. Les vendanges. Die erzwungene Heirath, oder Merlin ein Dragoner. Les eaux de Bourbon. L'impromptu de Suresne. La foire de Besons. L'inconnu, comedie. La maison de campagne. Nouveau prologue et nouveaux divertissemens pour la comedie des Amans magnifiques [de Molière]. Les bourgeoises de qualité. - Les trois cousines. - Le galant jardinier. Les vendanges des Surêne. Arien, Lieder und Gesänge des Vaudeville: Canonikus Ignaz Schuster. Le chevalier à la mode. Das Blinde=Kuh=Spiel. Die blinde Kuh. Renaud et Armide. Das Weiberkomplot. Colin Maillard. Les bourgeoises a la mode. Le charivary. Ballet de la jeunesse. O amante jardineiro. Le diable boiteux. La desolation des joüeuses. L'esté des coquettes. La lotterie. La deroute du Pharaon. The humours of the army. Le galant jardinier. Le moulin de Javelle. Opekun obmanut, bit i dovolen, komedīi︠a︡. The confederacy. L'impromptu de Suresne, comédie-balet [!]. De wynoegst kluchtspel. Uit het Fransch nagevolgt van Dancourt gerymd door Abraham de Wit de Jonge, dated 1698, held by Wellcome Collection. Het hofstee leeven, kluchtspel Uit het Fransch van den heer Dancourt-ggerymd door Abraham de Wit de Jonge, dated 1697, held by Wellcome Collection. La maison rustique or, the country house. A farce. As it is acted on all our theatres with great applause. Done from the French by Sir John Vanbrugh., dated 1740, held by Wellcome Collection. La maison rustique or, the country house. A farce. As it acted on all our theatres with great applause. Done from the French by Sir John Vanbrugh., dated 1735, held by Wellcome Collection. The country house . A farce. As acted at both theatres with great applause., dated 1715, held by Wellcome Collection. The whim: or, the miser's retreat . A farce. Alter'd from the French of La maison rustique. As it is perform'd at the New Theatre in Goodman's-Fields. With the musick prefix'd to each song., dated 1734, held by Wellcome Collection. The gentleman gardiner a ballad opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Smock-Alley. Taken from Dancourt., dated 1751, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Dancourt, Florent Carton, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Dancourt, Florent Carton: Le chevalier à la mode, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. The opera parodies of Florent Carton Dancourt, Cambridge Opera Journal, 2001. Jean-François Regnard, Le Joueur, Comédie suivi de La Désolation des joueuses, Comédie de Florent Carton Dancourt, 2025. REVIEWS FLORENT CARTON DANCOURT: Le Chevalier à la mode. Édition critique par CRAWSHAWROBERT H.. (Textes littéraires, XXXVII). Exeter: University. 1980. xxxii+98pp. £2.00 (£5.00 for four volumes)., French Studies, 1984.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Théâtre des auteurs du second ordre : ou, Recueil des tragédies et comédies restées au théatre français ; pour faire suite aux éditions stéréotypes de Corneille, Racine, Molière, Regnard, Crébillon et Voltaire: avec des notices sur chaque auteur, la liste des leurs pièces, et la date des premières représentations. Stéréotype d'Herhan. [Comédies en prose] (1808) — Internet Archive. Le chevalier a la mode, comedie en cinq actes, par Monsieur D'Ancourt (1777) — Internet Archive. Les bourgeoises de qualité, ou La fête de village, comédie en trois actes et en prose, par D'Ancourt (1788) — Internet Archive. Œuvres choisies de Dancourt (1810) — Internet Archive. Les oeuvres de Mr. Dancourt, contenant les nouvelles pieces de theatre qui se jouent à Paris ... (1706) — Internet Archive. La bourgeoisie et le paysan sur le théâtre au XVIIe siècle: La comédie de Dancourt 1685-1714 ... (1882) — Internet Archive. Les trois cousines comédie en trois actes en prose. Représentée par les Comédiens Français le 18 octobre 1700. Par. Mr. Dancourt (1776) — Internet Archive. Blindemannetje: kluchtspel (1765) — Internet Archive. Les vacances comedie en un acte. Par Mr. Dancourt (1777) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1661Florent Carton Dancourt born at Fontainebleau.
  2. 1706Les oeuvres de Mr. Dancourt, contenant les nouvelles pieces de theatre qui se jouent à Paris ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1725Florent Carton Dancourt died at Beaulieu-sur-Loire.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Dancourt, Florent Carton, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Dancourt, Florent Carton: Le chevalier à la mode, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Jean-François Regnard, Le Joueur, Comédie suivi de La Désolation des joueuses, Comédie de Florent Carton Dancourt, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for Florent Carton Dancourt (Internet Archive), 169 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    REVIEWS FLORENT CARTON DANCOURT: Le Chevalier à la mode. Édition critique par CRAWSHAWROBERT H.. (Textes littéraires, XXXVII). Exeter: University. 1980. xxxii+98pp. £2.00 (£5.00 for four volumes)., French Studies, 1984

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The opera parodies of Florent Carton Dancourt, Cambridge Opera Journal, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 30 digitised items catalogued under Florent Carton Dancourt as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 9 works naming Florent Carton Dancourt.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2437020: Florent Carton Dancourt

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Florent Carton (Dancourt)”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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