François-Louis Crosnier
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| Born |
François-Louis Croisnu 12 May 1792 Versailles |
| Died | 1 September 1867 (aged 75) Lisle, (Loir-et-Cher) |
| Other names | Edmond Crosnier (pen name) |
| Occupation | Playwright, theatre manager, and politician |
François-Louis Crosnier (12 May 1792 - 1 September 1867) was a French theatre manager, politician, and playwright, who used the pen name Edmond Crosnier.
Born François-Louis Croisnu, he was the son of Louis Croisnu, who adopted the name Crosnier, and Marie-Barbe Constantin, concierges of the Opera, who kept the post for over 35 years. François-Louis first married Françoise-Charlotte-Félix Berville Vallouy and in second nuptials, Marie-Joséphine Alcasar, who was the widow of Casimir-Anne-Marie Broussais, the son of François Broussais.
Early in life he became a playwright, whose plays were performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique. However, failing to achieve great success and acquiring a large fortune through marriage, he abandoned playwriting for other endeavours.
Chef de bataillon in the Garde nationale at Pantin, he became managing director of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin (1830-1832), the Opéra-Comique (1834-1845) and the Opéra de Paris (1854-1856), and a politician, as conseiller général of the canton de Morée (1845-1867), président of the Conseil général (1849-1866), and député for the Loir-et-Cher in the Corps législatif (1852–1867).
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