Colleyre, Roger de

(ca. 1470-ca. 1540)

   poet, actor

   Born around 1470 in either Paris or Auxerre, Roger de Colleyre was a member of the Confrérie des Enfants-sans-Soucy, for which he wrote farces and comedies. His Œuvres, contenant diverses matières pleines et passé temps were put together in 1536. De Colleyre is the creator of the carefree and free-spirited character Roger Bontemps.