Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan

Barthélemy-Christophe Fagan, also known under the pen name Fagan de Lugny, (31 March 1702 – 28 April 1755) was an 18th-century French playwright.

Biography

His father, William Fagan, was a descendant of Irish refugees in France at the time of religious persecution. The King's secretary and controller of the Chancellery and the Wars, he was ruined by the bankruptcy of the système de Law [fr] and had to later settle for a more modest employment at the office of consignment at the Parlement of Paris. Here he won a position for his son who had married at the age of 20 a much older widow than him. He took a liking to theater and wrote some thirty plays presented mostly at Théâtre de la foire, Théâtre-Italien and Théâtre-Français. He died of dropsy at age 53, bitter and melancholic by his lack of fortune.

Works

Theatre

• 1731: La Fausse Ridicule, opéra comique in 1 act and in prose, with Charles-François Panard, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 12 February
• 1733: Le Rendez-vous, ou l'Amour supposé, one-act comedy, in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 27 May
• 1734: La Grondeuse, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 11 February
• 1734: La Pupille, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 5 July
• 1735: L'Amitié rivale, fice-act comedy in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 16 November
• 1737: Les Originaux, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 15 July
• 1737: L'Inquiet, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 15 July
• 1737: Les Caractères de Thalie, three-act comedy with a prologue and a divertissement, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 18 July
• 1737: L'Étourderie, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 18 July
• 1737: Les Originaux, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 18 July
• 1739: Le Marié sans le savoir, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, December
• 1740: La Servante justifiée, opéra comique in 1 act and in prose, with Charles-Simon Favart, Paris, Théâtre de l'Opéra-comique, 19 March
• 1740: La Jalousie imprévue, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre-Italien de Paris, 16 July
• 1740: Joconde, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 5 November
• 1743: L'Isle des talents, comedy in 1 act and in verse, Théâtre-Italien de Paris, 19 March
• 1744: L'Heureux Retour, comedy in 1 act and in verse, avec Charles-François Panard, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 6 November
• 1745: L'Amante travestie, comedy in 1 act and in verse, Paris, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 13 May
• 1748: La Fermière, three-act comed, in verse, with divertissements and 1 prologue, Théâtre-Italien de Paris, 18 January
• 1753: Les Almanachs, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 7 January
• 1760: Théâtre de M. Fagan et autres œuvres du même auteur, 4 vol.

Varia

• 1751: Nouvelles observations au sujet des condamnations prononcées contre les comédiens