Another work was his 1857 play about William Shakespeare drawing on the rather meagre historical facts available, this play brought the playwright to life, creating an easily believable portrait of what he might have been like. One of Dugué's best known works was his romantic drama about the Italian painter Salvator Rosa this was well-received when performed at the Théâtre de Porte-Saint-Martin in 1851 and was revived several times. The City of Chartres held a ceremony in his honor at the Hotel de Ville on 12 September 1830 in the presence of mayor Adelphe Chasles, who crowned him with golden crown of oak, and the College of Chartres principal, abbot Calluet. After attending college in that city, he continued his studies in Paris, hosted by the Pension Landry, where he earned a mention at the Concours général in 1830. He grew up in a house in the cloister Notre-Dame à Chartres. The politician Henri-Joseph Dugué de La Fauconnerie was his nephew. The bridal blessing took place in the chapel of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, rue du Bac. On 20 November 1840, he married Henriette Joséphine Béguin, daughter of a naval officer, with whom he would celebrate their 70th anniversary of marriage in 1910. He also authored studies about historic personalities such as Mathurin Régnier and Salvator Rosa.ĭugué was born in Chartres, the son of Pierre-Joseph Dugué de La Fauconnerie, a lawyer, and Barbe Victoire Thérèse Feron. He wrote poetry and both comic and dramatic plays, some of them in collaboration. Ferdinand Dugué (18 February 1816 – 5 December 1913 ) was a 19th-century French poet and playwright.
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