Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville explained

Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville, called Marcouville, (28 October 1723 – 1790^[1]) was an 18th-century French lawyer and playwright.

A lawyer in Parlement, he was secretary to Honoré III, Prince of Monaco and wrote a dozen opéras comiques, alone or in collaboration.

Works

• 1750: Le Sommeil de Thalie
• 1751: Le Mai
• 1752: Fanfale
• 1754: Bertholde à la ville
• 1756: Les Amants trompés
• 1757: La Fausse Aventurière, revived the following year under the title La Fausse Esclave, music by Gluck
• 1757: La Petite Maison
• 1758: L'Heureux Déguisement
• 1758: Le Médecin de l'amour
• 1760: Le Maître d'école
• 1760: L'Île des fous

External links

• Pierre-Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville on
• Fiche biographique
• His plays and their présentations on CÉSAR

Notes and References

1. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=700 Fiche biographique