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Tragédie, musique et comédie: Corneille, Boieldieu et Molière

Tragedy, Music and Comedy: Corneille, Boieldieu and Molière

Description

In the façade of the Theatre, inaugurated January 1882, are three busts of Corneille, Boieldieu et Molière, representing tragedy, music and comedy:

Cherbourg-Octeville - Tragédie, musique et comédie: Corneille, Boieldieu et Molière
Corneille
Boieldieu
Molière

CORNEILLE - Pierre Corneille (Rouen 1606 - Paris 1684), French tragedian who was one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists (Wikipedia).
BOIELDIEU - François-Adrien Boieldieu (Rouen 1775 - Varennes-Jarcy, Essonne, 1834), French composer (Wikipedia).
MOLIERE - Molière stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Paris 1622 - id. 1673), French playwright and actor (Wikipedia)..

Sculptor

Jean-Jules Allasseur (1808-1903), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikimanche, Théâtre de Cherbourg.

Locatie (N 49°38'16" - W 1°37'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frbn107; Photograph: 7 August 2015
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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© Website and photos: René & Peter van der Krogt

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