Champmeslé

Charles Chevillet, sieur de Champmeslé, was a 17th-century French actor and playwright.

Biography

Champmeslé made his theatre debut in 1665 in a troupe of the province, and married Marie Desmares in Rouen on 9 January 1666. He then played at the Théâtre du Marais then at the Hôtel de Bourgogne and became one of the first sociétaires of the Comédie-Française.
When he died, coming out of a tavern, the priest of Saint-Sulpice refused the funeral service and Champmeslé was buried in the garden of his house in Asnières.
Champmeslé also wrote less than a dozen theatre plays, including some in collaboration with Jean de La Fontaine.

Works

He wrote several comedies such as:Les Grisettes, 3 acts;Les Grissettes ou Crispin chevalier, 1 act;Le Florentin;La Coupe enchantée; these two last plays he composed in association with Jean de La Fontaine.
His Œuvres were collected in 1696.