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Antoine Louis Prosper Fred Erick-Lemaitre

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FRED ERICK-LEMAITRE, ANTOINE LOUIS PROSPER (180o-1876), French actor, was born at Havre on July 28, 1800, and died in Paris on Jan. 26, 1876. On July 12, 1823, he appeared as Robert Macaire in L'Auberge des Adrets, playing the part seriously, and failed ; the next night he turned it into a burlesque role, and all Paris came to see it. Frederick Lemaitre created many important parts; the greatest of all was perhaps Ruy Blas in Hugo's drama of that name.