François-Joseph-Philoclès Regnier de La Brière called Regnier In a letter to Réjane, the actor said that unlike the spelling of many newspapers, his name does not have an acute accent on the « e ». Quoted in Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français. (1 April 1807, in Paris – 27 April 1885, in Paris) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright. The comedian Alcide Tousez was his uncle.

Biography After he studied at the Oratorians, he made his comedian debut at the Théâtre Montmartre in 1826 then toured the French provinces, particularly in Metz and Nantes. He was admitted at the Comédie-Française in 1831, became a sociétaire in 1835 then the dean in 1865 before retiring in 1871.Liste des Comédiens-Français sur le site de la Comédie-Française. In 1884, he also became a professor at the Paris Conservatory, where among his students were Réjane, Marguerite Durand, Jules-Théophile Boucher and Constant Coquelin.

Theatre Career at the Comédie-Française admitted in 1831 appointed 255th sociétaire in 1835; became dean in 1865 retired in 1871

Anecdote In a letter from 1876 Regnier says that the unusual first name of Philoclès comes from the French translation of Agathocle by Christoph Martin Wieland whose his godfather was a great admirer. The name of Charles was substituted at his baptism, but the destruction of civil registers during the Paris Commune allowed him to recover it at the time of the reconstitution of his birth certificate.Quoted in Georges d'Heylli, Gazette anecdotique n° 13 (15 July 1885), Librairie des bibliophiles, 1885, .

See also

List of French actors List of French playwrights

References

Bibliography Georges d'Heylli, Regnier, sociétaire de la Comédie-Française, Librairie générale, 1872. Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, Revue universelle internationale illustrée, Genève, 1912. Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, Paris, 1865.

External links Regnier, sociétaire de la Comédie-Française on Gallica Base documentaire La Grange on the site of the Comédie-Française