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Philippe Poisson (8 February 1682 – 4 August 1743), known professionally as Crispin III,[1] was a French actor and playwright.
Life
He, as well as the actor
François-Arnoul Poisson de Roinville and the novelist and playwright
Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez were all children of the actor
Paul Poisson. Born in Paris, Philippe made his début in 1700 in a tragedy, playing secondary roles with some success and also appearing in
high comedy. Retiring with his father in 1711, he returned to the stage in 1715 before leaving it for good in 1722. He died in
Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Like those of his grandfather
Raymond Poisson, his plays lack invention – their style is less trivial but still lacks elegance, though their dialogue is naturalistic. The two most notable ones are le Procureur arbitre (1728) and l’Impromptu de campagne (1733), whilst the others are la Boite de Pandore (1729), Alcibiade (1731), le Réveil d’Épiménide (1736), le Mariage par lettres de change (1735), les Ruses d’amour (1736) and l’Actrice nouvelle (a comedy, never performed after
Adrienne Lecouvreur wrote a satire mocking it).[2]
References
^Herzel, Roger W. (2003).
"Poisson, Raymond". In Kennedy, Dennis (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance. Vol. 2. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1053–1054.
ISBN0-19-860671-0 – via the Internet Archive.