Jean-Baptiste Mardelle Explained

Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Mardelle
Birth Date:1 February 1785
Occupation:Playwright, novelist

Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Mardelle (1 February 1785 – 1 September 1839) was an early 19th-century French playwright and novelist.

A NCO, he left the army in 1815 to devote himself to literature. His plays were presented at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique.

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