Raymond Poisson
Raymond Poisson (1630–1690) was a French actor and playwright. Mainly a comic actor, he used the stage names Crispin in comedy and Belleroche in tragedy. Career. Poisson joined the company of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris, primarily as a comic rival to Molière, who played at the Palais-Royal. As a comedian Poisson wore a black servant costume in a Spanish style and was noted for his stutter. He appropriated the character of Crispin from Scarron's "L'Écolier de Salamanque" (1654), playing it himself, and wrote and appeared in "Lubin" (1660) and "Le Baron de la Crasse