François-Antoine Jolly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

François-Antoine Jolly

French librettist

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1662

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 30-Jul-1753

Profession: playwright, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

François-Antoine Jolly (25 December 1662 in Paris – 30 July 1753) was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist. Jolly became royal censor and initially composed several works for theater including the lyrics of the five-act opera Méléagre by Battistin given on 24 May 1709 ; l’École des Amants, comedy in three acts and in verse, successfully performed in 1718 and printed in 1719 ; la Capricieuse, comédy in three acts and in verse, presented at the Théâtre-Italien in 1726, published in 1727 ; and la Femme jalouse, comedy in three acts and in verse, given at the same theatre in 1726, printed in 1727. He gave accurate editions of Œuvres by Molière, 1734, 6 vol.
in-4°, and 1739, 8 vol.
in-12, enhanced with vignettes for each play ; Œuvres by Racine, 1 vol.
in-12 ; Œuvres by P.
Corneille, 5 vol.
in-12 ; Théâtre by Montfleury father and son, 3 vol.
in 12. Finally, he wrote Nouveau et grand Cérémonial de France, a work which earned a pension of 400 pounds to the sisters of the author.



Description	French painter
Date of birth/death	19 November 1654	21 November 1733
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Authority control	: Q2617951 VIAF: 64276485 ISNI: 0000 0001 1877 1266 ULAN: 500009719 LCCN: nr88003864 Open Library: OL5398455A WorldCat