Antoine-François Riccoboni (1707 â€" 15 May 1772) was an Italian
actor of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, whose stage name was Lélio
fils.He was born Antonio Francesco Valentino Riccoboni in Mantua. His
father was the celebrated actor Luigi Riccoboni, who became the
director of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1716, and his mother
was the actress Elena Balletti (1686â€"1771). In 1734 he married
Marie-Jeanne de La Boras.In addition to several pieces of verse, a
Satire sur le goût, le Conte sans R, and some other poems,
Antoine-François Riccoboni wrote a great number of comedies of which
the best, Les Caquets, in three acts in prose, translated or imitated
from Carlo Goldoni, was successfully revived at the Théâtre Louvois
in 1802.In 1726 he performed in Marivaux's La Surprise de l'amour. He
wrote more than 50 comedies in French including:
actor of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, whose stage name was Lélio
fils.He was born Antonio Francesco Valentino Riccoboni in Mantua. His
father was the celebrated actor Luigi Riccoboni, who became the
director of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1716, and his mother
was the actress Elena Balletti (1686â€"1771). In 1734 he married
Marie-Jeanne de La Boras.In addition to several pieces of verse, a
Satire sur le goût, le Conte sans R, and some other poems,
Antoine-François Riccoboni wrote a great number of comedies of which
the best, Les Caquets, in three acts in prose, translated or imitated
from Carlo Goldoni, was successfully revived at the Théâtre Louvois
in 1802.In 1726 he performed in Marivaux's La Surprise de l'amour. He
wrote more than 50 comedies in French including:
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