Lockroy

Lockroy, c. 1840

Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy (February 17, 1803 – January 19, 1891)[1] was a French actor and playwright.

Life

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Born in Turin as the son of Baron General Henri Simon, who forbade his son's use of his surname in an artistic career, Joseph-Philippe Simon began as an actor under the pseudonym Lockroy at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and the Comédie-Française in Paris before devoting himself entirely to writing. For a few months in 1848 he served as provisional administrator of the Comédie-Française.

Lockroy married Antoinette Stephanie, the daughter of the revolutionary writer Marc-Antoine Jullien de Paris. She published two books of her own, Contes à mes nièces (Tales for my nieces, 1868) and Les Fées de la famille (Household fairies, 1886). Their son was the journalist and politician Édouard Lockroy.

Lockroy died in Paris.

Works

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References

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  1. ^ Death notice in Le Figaro, 20 January 1891
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  • Media related to Lockroy at Wikimedia Commons