François-Antoine Jolly

François-Antoine Jolly (25 December 1662 in Paris – 30 July 1753) was an 18th-century French playwright and librettist.

Jolly became royal censor and initially composed several works for theater including the lyrics of the five-act opera Méléagre by Battistin given on 24 May 1709 ; l’École des Amants, comedy in three acts and in verse, successfully performed in 1718 and printed in 1719 ; la Capricieuse, comédy in three acts and in verse, presented at the Théâtre-Italien in 1726, published in 1727 ; and la Femme jalouse, comedy in three acts and in verse, given at the same theatre in 1726, printed in 1727.

He gave accurate editions of Œuvres by Molière, 1734, 6 vol.

in-12, enhanced with vignettes for each play ; Œuvres by Racine, 1 vol.

Finally, he wrote Nouveau et grand Cérémonial de France, a work which earned a pension of 400 pounds to the sisters of the author.