Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam
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Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam was a late 18th and early 19th century French
actor.
Born in Rouen
, he arrived in Ghent
in 1782 and there played tragic and comic leads in Casimir's company, before becoming co-director of the company with Casimir and Dorgeville in 1784. The following year and several other actors in Ghent were taken on in Brussels, where he and Herman Bultos
headed the Théâtre de la Monnaie
from 1791 to 1793, with Adam all the while continuing to play lead rôles. During the troubles that followed the Brabant Revolution
(1787–90), Adam and his wife took refuge in La Haye
, where they (like Herman Bultos) took ship for Hamburg
. Adam later returned to France, acting at Paris's Théâtre de la Gaîté in 1810 and the Ambigu-Comique
(1811–16).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor.
Born in Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
, he arrived in Ghent
Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
in 1782 and there played tragic and comic leads in Casimir's company, before becoming co-director of the company with Casimir and Dorgeville in 1784. The following year and several other actors in Ghent were taken on in Brussels, where he and Herman Bultos
Herman Bultos
Herman Bultos was an 18th century Belgian wine merchant and theatre director.-Life:...
headed the Théâtre de la Monnaie
La Monnaie
Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium....
from 1791 to 1793, with Adam all the while continuing to play lead rôles. During the troubles that followed the Brabant Revolution
Brabant Revolution
The Brabant Revolution took place between January 1789 and December 1790, when a popular revolt broke in the Austrian Netherlands against the unpopular reforms of the Emperor Joseph II...
(1787–90), Adam and his wife took refuge in La Haye
La Haye
In French, La Haye mainly refers to The Hague in the NetherlandsLa Haye may also refer to the following communes in France:*La Haye, Seine-Maritime, in the Seine-Maritime département*La Haye, Vosges, in the Vosges département...
, where they (like Herman Bultos) took ship for Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. Adam later returned to France, acting at Paris's Théâtre de la Gaîté in 1810 and the Ambigu-Comique
Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
The theatre was rebuilt to plans by the architects Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Jean-François-Joseph Lecointe on the boulevard Saint-Martin, at the corner of rue de Bondy...
(1811–16).