Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… People > Art and Literature Practices > Reading & Writing Mots-clés Anglomania Correspondence France Friendship Theatre Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni, née Laboras de Mézières, was born in Paris on October 23, 1713. At the age of 21, she married François Riccoboni, the son of the director of the Comédie-Italienne in Paris, embarking on a theatre career she would abandon at the age of 43 for one in literature. In 1757, she separated from her husband and took … the British ambassador to France. In 1765, she entered into correspondence with the well-known actor, playwright, and theatre manager David Garrick, whom she had met during his visit to France. In 1766, she began corresponding with the …
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