Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan

Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan
Born 31 March 1702
Paris
Died 28 April 1755(1755-04-28) (aged 53)
Paris
Occupation playwright

Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan, also known under the pen name Fagan de Lugny, (31 March 1702 – 28 April 1755[1]) was an 18th-century French playwright.

Biography

His father, William Fagan, was a descendant of Irish refugees in France at the time of religious persecution. The King's secretary and controller of the Chancellery and the Wars, he was ruined by the bankruptcy of the système de Law and had to later settle for a more modest employment at the office of consignment at the Parlement of Paris. Here he won a position for his son who had married at the age of 20 a much older widow than him. He took a liking to theater and wrote some thirty plays presented mostly at Théâtre de la foire, Théâtre-Italien and Théâtre-Français. He died of dropsy at age 53, bitter and melancholic by his lack of fortune.

Works

Theatre
Varia

Bibliography

References

  1. Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Champagnac, Manuel des dates en forme de dictionnaire, ou répertoire encyclopédique des dates historiques et biographiques les plus importantes, 1839

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