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Joseph Patrat
Joseph Patrat or Patras (7 May 1733, Arles - 4 June 1801, Paris) was a French actor and plawright.
The son of a theatre grip, he began his stage career in Berlin in 1755 and then acted in the Austrian Netherlands from 1756 to 1763, notably in Brussels in the company of the Théâtre de la Monnaie. He then acted in Marseille and Geneva, where he also began to write plays.
Author of 40 plays, Patrat was also part of the company of Mademoiselle
Le Grain de Sable, (3) l’Inévitable, Annah l’Hébétée, (4) La Fabrique, Un nom à tout prix, Les deux Rois.
- The plot of the play "Vorstenschool" (1870) or "School for Princes" of Multatuli is almost entirely derived from the novel "Le Grain de Sable" (the grain of Sand)..
- 1832: "Mon oncle Thomas",
- 1832: "Les Deux frères", comedy by Kotzebue, translated by Joseph Patrat, remise