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Charles Simon Favart
Charles Simon Favart (13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright.
Born in Paris, the son of a pastry-cook, he was educated at the college of Louis-le-Grand, and after his father's death he carried on the business for a time. His first success in literature was "La France delivrée par la Pucelle d'Orléans", a poem about Joan of Arc which obtained a prize of the Académie des Jeux Floraux. After the production of his
-Musée de l'Opéra, Paris).
- A ballet, composed in 1789 but unperformed, was mentioned in "Biographie universelle des musiciens" by François-Joseph Fétis.
- "Les trois sultanes", a 3-act "comédie" with a libretto by Charles-Simon Favart after the comte de Marmontel, was first performed on 25 August 1792 by the Opéra-Comique in the Salle Favart. The opera was given a total of 7 times by the Opéra-Comique. The score and the libretto have not