Evaristo Gherardi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Evaristo Gherardi

Italian actor

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1663

Place of Birth: Prato, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death: 31-Aug-1700

Profession: actor, comedy writer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Evaristo Gherardi (born 11 Novembre 1663 in Prato, Tuscany; assassinated 31 August 1700 in Paris), known in France as Évariste Gherardi, was an Italian actor and playwright, who arrived in France at the beginning of the 1670s. The son of two actors of the Italian troupe, Leonarda Galli and Giovanni Gherardi dit Flautin (Spoleto, ?? - Paris, 23 March 1683), he made his debut at the Théâtre italien de Paris 1 October 1689 in the role of Arlequin. He wrote Le Retour de la foire de Bezons for this theatre and collected numerous anonymous plays in six volumes titled Théâtre italien, ou Recueil de toutes les scènes françaises qui ont été jouées sur le théâtre italien de l'Hôtel de Bourgogne (1694–1700). He never took French citizenship.



Description	Flemish engraver father of Nicolas-Étienne Edelinck
Date of birth/death	20 October 1640 (baptised)	2 April 1707
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Paris
Work location	France
Authority control	: Q893319 VIAF: 56679310 ISNI: 0000 0001 2320 7846 ULAN: 500115661 LCCN: n87898831 GND: 118681613 WorldCat



Alternative names	Joseph Vivian; j. de vivien; Vivien; Vivien.; j. vivien
Description	French portrait painter and pastellist
Date of birth/death	1657	5 December 1734
Location of birth/death	Lyon, France	Bonn, Germany
Authority control	: Q375783 VIAF: 15036431 ISNI: 0000 0001 2121 8269 ULAN: 500013082 LCCN: no2011138868 WGA: VIVIEN, Joseph WorldCat