Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (born 1661)

Florent Carton (Dancourt)

French dramatist and actor

Florent Carton aka Dancourt, French dramatist and actor, was born at Fontainebleau. He belonged to a family of rank, and his parents entrusted his education to Pere de la Rue, a Jesuit, who made earnest efforts to induce him to join the order. But he had no religious vocation…