Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue[1] (20 October 1701 – 13 November 1760) was an 18th-century French actor and playwright.

Jean-Baptiste de La Noue
Engraving by C. A. Littret after a portrait by Monnet, 1763
Born	Jean-Baptiste Simon Sauvé de La Noue 20 October 1701 Meaux
Died	13 November 1760(1760-11-13) (aged 59) Paris
Occupation	Actor Playwright
Years active	1721-1757

Biography

He studied at collège d'Harcourt in Paris. After he made his debut as a comedian in Lyon around 1721 and directed the company of Rouen for six years, he joined the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1742 of which he became the 122nd sociétaire the same year. He retired in 1757.[2]

He composed about ten comedies, including Mahomet second (1739)[3] parodied the same year by Charles-Simon Favart under the title Moulinet premier, Zélisca (1746) and La Coquette corrigée (1756).

Bibliography

• Larousse, Pierre (1873). "Lanoue (Jean-Baptiste Sauvé de)". Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. Vol. 10. Paris. p. 167.

References

External links

• Jean-Baptiste de La Noue on data.bnf.fr
• His plays on CÉSAR