Louis Compain (14 April 1733,Toury – after 1790), also known asCompain-Despierrières, was a French actor and singer. He is notable as the co-director of theThéâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels from 1772 to 1776, where he had made his debut in 1757. He also acted in theDu Londel Troupe in Sweden, atMarseille (1759),Bordeaux (1760),The Hague (1768),Metz (1778),Toulouse (1779),Nîmes (1786) andNantes (1790).

• Jacques Isnardon,Vitzthumb et Compain Despierrières, inLe théatre de la Monnaie depuis sa fondation jusqu'à nos jours, Schott Frères, Brussel, 1890.

• 1733 births
• 1790 deaths
• Actors from the Austrian Netherlands
• People from Eure-et-Loir
• Actors from Centre-Val de Loire
• French male singers
• French male stage actors
• Directors of La Monnaie
• 18th-century French male actors

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