Louis-François Faur

Louis-François Faur (24 August 1746 – 1829) was a French librettist, playwright and man of letters.

For other uses, see Faur.

Faur was a secretary of the Duke of Fronsac and, although he left many productions, he ended his days in poverty and oblivion.

Works

Comedies
  • 1780: le Déguisement forcé, two-act comedy
  • 1784: Isabelle et Fernand ou l’Alcade de Zolaitrée, three-act comedy
  • 1784: l’Amour à l’épreuve
  • 1786: la Veuve anglaise
  • 1801: le Confident par hasard, comedy in 4 acts and in verse
  • 1805: Rien pour lui, three-act comedy, etc.

Dramas
  • 1783: Montrose et Amélie, qui eut un grand succès
  • 1786: la Prévention vaincue
  • 1795: Alphonsine et Séraphine
  • 1805: le Sabot fidèle

Librettos for opéras comiques
  • 1786: Colombine et Cassandre le pleureur
  • 1794: l’Intrigant sans le vouloir
  • 1796: la Fête de la cinquantaine, in-8°, etc.

The one work of Faur's production which was the most notorious is the Vie privée du maréchal de Richelieu (Paris, 1790, 3 vol. in-8°). It contains interesting anecdotes intended to scandal, including the romantic adventure of Duke de Richelieu, with Mme Michelin, nicknamed la belle tapissière.

Sources
  • Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe;français, historique, géographique, mythologique, bibliographique (in French). 8. Paris: Administration du grand Dictionnaire universel. 1866–1877. p. 145. Retrieved 14 July 2016..
  • Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne (Supplément), Paris : Louis-Gabriel Michaud, 1838, vol.64, p. 19-20
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