Jean Guillemay du Chesnay, called Rosidor, was a 17th-century French playwright and actor.
First a comedian in the Troupe du Marais, [1] Rosidor composed a five-act tragedy entitled La Mort du Grand Cyrus ou La Vengeance de Tomiris en 1662. [2] He also wrote a comedy Les divertissements du Temps ou la Magie de Mascarille and another play, Les amours de Merlin en 1671, [3] although some sources date the plays in 1691 and attribute them to his son Claude. [4] (father and son sharing the same nickname, this is a great source of confusion [5]) Rosidor played in the satire La critique des Satures de Monsieur Boileau in 1668, a play which was quickly forbidden. [6]
Rosidor became the leader of a troupe that moved in 1669 to the Danish court where it gave performances both in French and in German. [7] However, the death of King Frederick III in 1670 put an end to their business. [8] The troupe performed later in Germany where she served the Duke of Celle [2] and in Italy.
Rosidor married Charlotte Meslier, the daughter of a couple of comedians trained by Mathias Meslier and Nicole Gassot [9] with whom he had a son, Claude-Ferdinand Guillemay du Chesnay who would also be an actor.
Jean Guillemay du Chesnay, called Rosidor, was a 17th-century French playwright and actor.
First a comedian in the Troupe du Marais, [1] Rosidor composed a five-act tragedy entitled La Mort du Grand Cyrus ou La Vengeance de Tomiris en 1662. [2] He also wrote a comedy Les divertissements du Temps ou la Magie de Mascarille and another play, Les amours de Merlin en 1671, [3] although some sources date the plays in 1691 and attribute them to his son Claude. [4] (father and son sharing the same nickname, this is a great source of confusion [5]) Rosidor played in the satire La critique des Satures de Monsieur Boileau in 1668, a play which was quickly forbidden. [6]
Rosidor became the leader of a troupe that moved in 1669 to the Danish court where it gave performances both in French and in German. [7] However, the death of King Frederick III in 1670 put an end to their business. [8] The troupe performed later in Germany where she served the Duke of Celle [2] and in Italy.
Rosidor married Charlotte Meslier, the daughter of a couple of comedians trained by Mathias Meslier and Nicole Gassot [9] with whom he had a son, Claude-Ferdinand Guillemay du Chesnay who would also be an actor.