Nicolas-Médard Audinot
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.
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Nicolas-Médard Audinot
- Name
- Nicolas-Médard Audinot
- Born
- 7 June 1732
- Birthplace
- Bourmont
- Died
- 21 May 1801
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- Puppeteer Impresario
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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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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• Name — Nicolas-Médard Audinot • Born — 7 June 1732 • Birthplace — Bourmont • Died — 21 May 1801 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Puppeteer Impresario
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- 1.Registre des baptêmes, mariages, sépultures de Bourmont (1666-1737), cote E dépôt 928. Archives départementales de la Haute-Marne.
- 2.Actes de l'état-civil reconstitué de Paris (21/05/1801), cote 5Mi1 1148. Archives de Paris.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Michel Faul, Les Tribulations de Nicolas-Médard Audinot, fondateur du théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Symétrie, Lyon, 2013 .
- Laurent Turcot, « De la définition du lieu théâtral populaire : police et spectateurs du boulevard à Paris au », Revue d’histoire du théâtre, nº 3, 231, 2006, .
- Laurent Turcot, « Directeur, comédiens et police : relations de travail dans les spectacles populaires à Paris au », Histoire, économie et société, janvier- , nº 1, , .
- Confession générale d'Audinot (1774, texte de l'édition de Rouen, 1880).
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