The troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1790 was the company of actors, actresses, dancers, and musicians active at the Comédie-Française during the theatrical year beginning 12 April 1790 and ending 16 April 1791. The troupe formed part of the historic succession of companies associated with the Comédie-Française, one of the oldest national theatres in the world. The composition listed here includes the principal actors and actresses of the company alongside the dancers and orchestra members who supported productions during that period.
Composition of the troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1790 The theatrical year began 12 April 1790 and ended 16 April 1791.
Directors : the Actors Actors Actresses Molé Bellecour Larive Vestris Dugazon Giguet Desessarts Lachassaigne Dazincourt Suin Fleury Saint-Val Belmont Raucourt Vanhove Contat Dorival Thénard Saint-Prix Joly Saint-Fal De Vienne Naudet Émilie Contat Dunant Petit Grammont Lauréat Larochelle Candeille Talma Desgarcins Roga Fleury Marsy Masson Marchand Charlotte Champville Lange Deshayes Simon Gérard Grand-Ménil Dancers Female dancers Deshayes, ballet master Mlle Collomb, first dancer Nores, first dancer Aimée, danseuse en double Doucet, danseur en double Bourgeois, danseuse en double Marchand Dantié Gignet Bourgeois the young Cosson Durand Évrard Duchaumont the elder Audill Védi Mulot Duchaumont the young Rogat Vaudrelant Huot Félicité Chaudet, répétiteur Orchestra Baudron, 1st violin and composer La Lance, 1st violin Chaudet, 1st violin Fillion, 1st violin Rose, 1st violin Marteau, 1st violin Cunissy, 2nd violin Fleury, 2nd violin Rameau, 2nd violin Milot, 2nd violin Bertrand, 2nd violin Hugot, 2nd violin Rougeaux, alto Prot, alto André, oboe Le Det, timpanist Deshais, oboe Ducreux, oboe Pilet, oboe Tuasch, bassoon Dumonet, cor Heins, cor Jolet, bass Chapelet, bass Toutant, bass Prunelle, bass Gresset, double bass Raoul, copyist
Sources Almanach général de tous les spectacles de Paris et des provinces, pour l'année 1791, Paris 1791.