Louis-François Archambault (30 March 1742, Paris - 5 January 1812, Paris), stage name Dorvigny, was a French novelist, actor and playwright, and the inventor of "janotism" (gross errors of language for comic effect).
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Said to be an illegitimate son of Louis XV of France, he began his acting career under Nicolet and put on plays at the Théâtre des Variétés-Amusantes, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Grands-Danseurs du Roi, the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques and the Théâtre des Associés.
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