Espérance Hippolyte Lassagne

Espérance Hippolyte Lassagne (c. 1786 – 1854) was a French chansonnier and playwright during the first half of the 19th century.

Biography

An employee at the Palais-Royal (1823) in the administration of the Duke of Orleans (Louis Philippe I) in Paris, he had under him Alexandre Dumas then hired as a copyist, whom he introduced into the literary life.[1] He wrote with him the play La Noce et l'Enterrement which would be presented at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in 1826.

His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his fifetime: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Théâtre des Variétés etc.

Works

References

  1. Claude Schopp, Dictionnaire Alexandre Dumas, 2010, p. 323


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