Louis-Nicolas Brette Saint-Ernest

A master study in Paris and assistant bricklayer, he began acting in 1829 before being hired in 1832 by the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. He then played for the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique from 1837 to 1852. He often appeared in the role of the father in many sentimental plays.

Most of the time, his own plays that he signed Saint-Ernest, were presented at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, of which he was managing director from 1848 to 1852. In 1852, he became dramaturge on the stage of the théâtre du Cirque, a position he still held when he died in 1860.

• Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, 1861, (p. 1545)
• Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, 1911, (p. 617)
• Claude Schopp, Le théâtre historique: Directeurs, décorateurs, musique, 2009, (p. 71)

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