Alexandre Guillaume Mouslier de Moissy facts for kids

Works by Alexandre de Moissy

Alexandre Guillaume Mouslier de Moissy was a French writer and playwright. He was born in Paris, France, in 1712 and passed away there on November 8, 1777.

About Alexandre de Moissy

Early Life and Career

Alexandre de Moissy started his career as a royal guard. When he was 38 years old, he was encouraged to become a writer. His first work was successful, which made him want to write even more plays and books.

What He Wrote

Alexandre de Moissy wrote many different kinds of works, especially for the theater. He also wrote books with moral lessons and other interesting topics.

Plays for the Stage

These are some of the plays he wrote for people to watch:

• Le Bienfait anonyme, ou le Faux Généreux (The Anonymous Good Deed, or The False Generous Person), a comedy, first shown in Paris on December 10, 1744.
• Le Provincial à Paris ou le Pouvoir de l'amour et de la raison (The Country Person in Paris or The Power of Love and Reason), a comedy, shown on May 4, 1750.
• Les Fausses Inconstances (The False Inconstancies), a comedy, shown on September 22, 1750.
• Le Valet maître (The Master Valet), a comedy, shown in Paris on October 6, 1751.
• La Nouvelle École des femmes (The New School for Wives), a comedy, shown on April 6, 1758.
• L'Ennuyé, ou l'Embarras du choix (The Bored Person, or The Difficulty of Choice), a comedy, shown in Paris on March 1, 1759.
• L'Impromptu de l'amour (The Impromptu of Love), a comedy, shown on November 19, 1759.
• La Nouvelle École des maris (The New School for Husbands), a comedy, shown in Paris on April 6, 1758.
• Bélisaire, an epic comedy, written in 1759.
• Les Deux Frères, ou la Prévention vaincue (The Two Brothers, or Prejudice Overcome), a comedy, shown in Paris on July 27, 1768.
• Œuvres de théatre (Works for the Theater), a collection from 1768.
• Le Vertueux mourant (The Dying Virtuous Person), a drama, written in 1770.
• La Vraie Mère (The True Mother), a drama and teaching comedy, written in 1771.

Dramatic Proverbs

He also wrote plays based on proverbs, which are short sayings that give advice. These were meant to teach lessons:

• Les Jeux de la petite Thalie, ou nouveaux petits drames dialogués sur des proverbes, propres à former les mœurs des enfants et des jeunes personnes, depuis l'âge de cinq ans jusqu'à vingt (The Games of Little Thalia, or New Small Dialogued Dramas on Proverbs, Suitable for Shaping the Morals of Children and Young People, from Five to Twenty Years Old), from 1764.
• École dramatique de l'homme, suite des Jeux de la petite Thalie, âge viril, depuis 20 ans jusqu'à 50 (Dramatic School of Man, Follow-up to The Games of Little Thalia, Adult Age, from 20 to 50 Years Old), from 1770.

Other Writings

Besides plays, he wrote other books:

• Lettres galantes et morales du marquis de * au comte de **** (Galant and Moral Letters from the Marquis of *** to the Count of **), from 1757.
• Vérités philosophiques, tirées des Nuits d'Young, et mises en vers libres sous differents titres relatifs aux sujets qui sont traités dans chaque article (Philosophical Truths, Taken from Young's Nights, and Put into Free Verse Under Different Titles Related to the Subjects Treated in Each Article), from 1770.
• Petit Recueil de physique et de morale, à l'usage des dames, contenant : Le nouveau présent de noce ; Le pour et le contre de la vie humaine (Small Collection of Physics and Morals, for the Use of Ladies, Containing: The New Wedding Gift; The Pros and Cons of Human Life), from 1771.
• Essai sur l'éducation (Essay on Education), a poem, from 1773.
• La Nature philosophe, ou Dictionnaire de comparaisons et similitudes, agréables et instructives, adaptées aux sujets et aux mots de la langue française qui en sont susceptibles, enrichi d'un supplément de questions à résoudre (Nature the Philosopher, or Dictionary of Pleasant and Instructive Comparisons and Similarities, Adapted to Subjects and French Words That Are Susceptible to Them, Enriched with a Supplement of Questions to Solve), from 1776.