Ancelot, Jacques-Arsène-François-Polycarpe
(1794–1854)> LIBRETTIST
Ancelot, Jacques-Arsène-François-Polycarpe (February 1794, Le Harve; 7 September 1854, Paris), librettist, obeyed his father’s wishes by consenting to study literature and followed his uncle’s example by obtaining employment in the Navy Department. Young Ancelot’s official travels took him to Paris ultimately, and he profited from his presence in the capital to read his Warbeck to the Comédie-Française in 1816. His tragedy was accepted but never produced. Undaunted, the dramatist returned to…