Pierre Lafon

Pierre Rapenouille, known professionally as Pierre Lafon, was a French dramatic actor born in Lalinde, France on September 1, 1773.

Biography
At 19 years old, Lafon wrote a drama in five actes called La Mort d'Hercule. It was later performed in Bordeaux in 1793.

In 1800, he joined the Comédie-Française where be became known under the name "Lafon des Français."

In his day, Pierre Lafon was among Paris's best respected dramatic actors. « Le beau Lafon » as he was known, quickly eclipsed the great Talma. Lafon's physical beauty and talent as an actor made him a favorite of women, notably Pauline Bonaparte.

Lafon made his final stage appearance in 1839, after which he retired to his daughter's home in Bordeaux. He died on May 10, 1846.

Career at the Comédie-Française
Lafon joined in 1800 and was named a sociétaires of the Comédie-Française that same year. He left the theater in 1830. His roles included:


 * 1800: Orestes in Andromaque by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
 * 1800: Nero in Britannicus by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
 * 1800: Achilles in Iphigénie by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
 * 1801: Alhamar in Alhamar by François-Joseph Depuntis, Comédie-Française
 * 1801: Pharnace in Mithridate by Jean Racine, Comédie-Française
 * 1802: Clodoër in Isule et Orovèse by Népomucène Lemercier, Comédie-Française
 * 1802: Don Léon in Le Roi et le laboureur by Antoine-Vincent Arnault, Comédie-Française
 * 1803: Le Tasse in Le Tasse by A. M. Cecile, Comédie-Française
 * 1803: Suleiman in Les Trois Sultanes ou Soliman II by Charles-Simon Favart, Comédie-Française
 * 1803: Thurson in Siri-Brahé ou les Curieuses by Henry Joseph Thurind de Ryss, Comédie-Française
 * 1804: Harpage in Cyrus by Marie-Joseph Chénier, Comédie-Française
 * 1805: Aman in Esther by Jean Racine
 * 1805: Philip IV of France in Les Templiers by François Just Marie Raynouard :
 * 1806: Abner in Athalie by Jean Racine
 * 1806: d'Épernon in La Mort de Henri IV, roi de France by Gabriel-Marie Legouvé
 * 1806: Alceste in Le Misanthrope by Molière
 * 1806: Nero in Octavie by Jean-Marie Siouriguères de Saint-Marc
 * 1807: Caurellée La Mort de Du Guesclin by Hyacinthe Dorvo
 * 1807: Nicomède in Nicomède by Pierre Corneille
 * 1807: Brueys in Brueys et Palaprat by Charles-Guillaume Étienne
 * 1807: the prince in Le Paravent by Eugène de Planard
 * 1807: Antiochus in Rodogune by Pierre Corneille
 * 1808: Artaxerce in Artaxerce by Étienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu
 * 1809: Pâris in Hector by Jean-Charles-Julien Luce de Lancival
 * 1809: Licinius in Vitellie by A. de Selve


 * 1810: Thierry in Brunehaut ou les Successeurs de Clovis by Étienne Aignan
 * 1811: Nicomède in Annibal by A. J. Denormandie
 * 1814: Henri de Bourbon, roi de Navarre in Les États de Blois ou La Mort du duc de Guise by François Just Marie Raynouard
 * 1815: Démétrius in Démétrius by Étienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu
 * 1816: Charlemagne in Charlemagne by Népomucène Lemercier
 * 1819: Pyrrhus in Hécube et Polyxène by Pierre-François-Xavier Bourguignon d'Herbigny
 * 1819: Talbot in Jeanne d'Arc à Rouen by Charles-Joseph Robillard d'Avrigny
 * 1819: Louis IX in Louis IX by Jacques-François Ancelot
 * 1820: the Regent in Jean de Bourgogne by Guilleau de Formont
 * 1823: Burrhus in Britannicus by Jean Racine
 * 1823: Don Pèdre in Pierre de Portugal by Lucien Arnault
 * 1824: Shore in Richard III et Jeanne Shore by Népomucène Lemercier
 * 1824: Eudore in Eudore et Cymodocée by Gary
 * 1825: David in La Clémence de David by Victor Draparnaud
 * 1825: Tiberius in Bélisaire by Étienne de Jouy
 * 1825: Sigismund in Sigismond de Bourgogne by Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet
 * 1825: Leroi in Le Béarnais by Ramond de la Croisette, Fulgence de Bury, and Paul Ledoux
 * 1825: Démarate in Léonidas by Michel Pichat
 * 1826: Clisson in Charles VI by Alexandre-Jean-Joseph de La Ville de Mirmont
 * 1826: Odon in Le Siège de Paris by Charles-Victor Prévot, vicomte d'Arlincourt
 * 1826: Maillard in Marcel by Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont
 * 1827: Joad in Athalie by Jean Racine
 * 1827: Julien in Julien dans les Gaules by Étienne de Jouy
 * 1827: Icilius in Virginie by Alexandre Guiraud
 * 1829: the Duke of Nottingham in Élisabeth d'Angleterre by Jacques-François Ancelot