Falconnet, Françoise-Cécile de Chaumont (1738–1819)
Falconnet, Françoise-Cécile de Chaumont (1738–1819)
French playwright. Name variations: Francoise-Cecile de Chaumont Falconnet. Born 1738 in Nancy, France; died 1819; m. Ambroise Falconnet (member of the judiciary in Paris).
Wrote 2 comedies, La Folle Enchère (1771) and L'Heureuse Rencontre (1771), as well as L'Amour à Tempé, pastorale érotique (1773).
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