- Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam
Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam was a late 18th and early 19th century French actor.
Life
Born in
Rouen , he arrived inGhent in 1782 and there played tragic and comic leads in Casimir's company, before becoming co-director of the company with Casimir and Dorgeville in 1784. The following year and several other actors in Ghent were taken on in Brussels, where he andHerman Bultos headed the Théâtre de la Monnaie from 1791 to 1793, with Adam all the while continuing to play lead rôles. During the troubles that followed theBrabant Revolution (1787-90), Adam and his wife took refuge inLa Haye , where they (like Herman Bultos) took ship forHamburg . Adam later returned to France, acting at Paris'sThéâtre de la Gaîté in 1810 and the Ambigu-Comique (1811-16).Succession box
title=director of the Théâtre de la Monnaie
before=Herman Bultos
after=Mademoiselle Montansier
years=1791-1793
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