Montdory
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.2|Presumed portrait of Montdory as Herod in Tristan l'Hermite's La Mariane, 1636, from the frontispiece engraved by [[Abraham Bosse]] thumb|upright=1.2|Signature on a 1622 legal document
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guillaume
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- France
- Place of death
- Thiers
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Montdory, French actor, 1637 by Abraham Bosse – Gallica 2017.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1594-03-13
- date of death
- 1653-11-10
- Commons category
- Montdory
- date of baptism
- 1594-03-13
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~8 min read
Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Birth, family, and name
- Early career
- Théâtre du Marais
- Retirement and death
- Notes
- Bibliography
thumb|upright=1.2|Presumed portrait of Montdory as Herod in Tristan l'Hermite's La Mariane, 1636, from the frontispiece engraved by [[Abraham Bosse]] thumb|upright=1.2|Signature on a 1622 legal document
Montdory, pseudonym of Guillaume des Gilberts (baptized 13 March 1594; died between 17 November 1653 and 14 November 1654), was a French actor-manager, recognized as "the most powerful tragedian of his day."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montdory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.