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Charles Dupeuty
Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee. He made his debut in the theatre in 1821, and in 1825 founded the opposition newspaper ''La nouveauté''. He is famous for being one of the founders of the Société des auteurs dramatiques of which he was vice-président for six years. Many of his plays were performed on the most important Parisians stages of the 19th century: Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Adolphe Dupeuty was his son. Works * ''La Fête au village'', 1821 * ''L'Arracheur de dents'', folie-parade in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Villeneuve, 1822 * ''Fille et garçon, ou la Petite orpheline'', comédie en vaudev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tromb-al-ca-zar, Ou Les Criminels Dramatiques
''Tromb-al-ca-zar, ou Les criminels dramatiques'' is a ''bouffonnerie musicale'' in one act of 1856 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Charles-Désiré Dupeuty and Ernest Bourget. With its dialogue containing plays on words and stage business from contemporary Parisian dramas and operas, it is described by Kracauer as satirizing the romantic bandits of grand opera. Background ''Tromb-al-ca-zar'' was premiered in the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Choiseul in Paris, preceded by two cantatas by Offenbach, ''Le Berceau'' and ''La Paix du monde''.. ''Jacques Offenbach.'' Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 2000. Successful numbers such as the bolero for Hortense Schneider and the song about Bayonne ham, made the work popular along with the in-jokes, despite the thin plot; it was revived at the Bouffes-Parisiens for several years afterwards. As well as "extravagant parodies both of specific more serious musical works", the work pokes fun at the brigand elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Carmouche
Pierre Carmouche (9 April 1797 - 9 December 1868) was a French playwright and chansonnier. He wrote more than 200 successful plays, comedies, comédies en vaudevilles and texts for opéras comiques, in collaboration with diverse authors - Brazier, Dumersan, Mélesville, de Courcy, etc. In 1824 he married the actress Jenny Vertpré. He also collected a rich library, bequeathed in part to marshal Canrobert. Theatre * ''Les Poissons d'avril, ou le Charivari'', comédie en vaudevilles, with Émile Cottenet, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 1 April 1816. * ''Le Bateau à vapeur'', comedy in one act, mingled with couplets, with Émile Cottenet, Philibert Rozet, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 1816. * ''L'Heureuse Moisson, ou le Spéculateur en défaut'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Jean-Toussaint Merle and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, September 1817. * ''La Cloyère d'huitres, ou les Deux Briquebec'', c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulgence De Bury
Fulgence de Bury, real name: Joseph Désiré Fulgence de Bury (1 March 1785 – 23 June 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright. A civil servant in the administration, he became known under the pen name Fulgence. His theatre plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages including the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Opéra-Comique, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Théâtre du Gymnase, and the Théâtre des Variétés. Works *1815: ''Turenne, ou Un trait de modestie'', historical comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois *1816: ''La Bataille de Denain'', opéra comique in 3 acts, with Armand d'Artois and Emmanuel Théaulon *1819: ''Un moment d'imprudence'', comedy in 3 acts *1819: ''Le Moulin de Bayard'', historical vaudeville in 1 act, with Marc-Michel and Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent *1820: ''L'Autre Henri, ou l'An 1880'', comedy in 3 acts, in prose, with Théaulon and Pierre Capelle *1820: ''L'Invisible, ou la Curiosité d'une veuve'', comédie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espérance Hippolyte Lassagne
Espérance Hippolyte Lassagne (c. 1786 – 1854) was a French chansonnier and playwright during the first half of the 19th century. Biography An employee at the Palais-Royal (1823) in the administration of the Duke of Orleans ( Louis Philippe I) in Paris, he had under him Alexandre Dumas then hired as a copyist, whom he introduced into the literary life.Claude Schopp, ''Dictionnaire Alexandre Dumas'', 2010, He wrote with him the play '' La Noce et l'Enterrement'' which would be presented at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in 1826. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his fifetime: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Works *1824: ''La Pièce de circonstance, ou le Théâtre dans la caserne'', à-propos-vaudeville *1824: ''La Rue du Carrousel, ou le Musée en boutique'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Anne *1825: ''Dansera-t-on ? ou les Deux adjoints'', à-propos vaudeville in 1 act, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Simonnin
Antoine Simonnin, full name Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Simonnin, (Paris, 11 January 1780 – Paris, 14 May 1856) was a 19th-century French writer and dramatist. Simonnin wrote, alone or in collaboration, more than 200 comédies en vaudeville, parodies or fantaisies. He also published a collection of ''Chansons sacrées et profanes'' (1856, in-18). Works (alphabetical order) * ''Arlequin au café du bosquet, ou la Belle limonadière'', vaudeville épisodique, in 1 act; * ''Augusta, ou Comme on corrige une jeune personne'', two-act comédie en vaudeville, Théâtre des jeunes élèves de M. Louis Comte, 5 December 1832; * ''Belz et Buth'', folie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hilpert, Théâtre du Panthéon, 21 August 1839; * ''Caroline de Litchfield'', drame-vaudeville in 2 acts and in prose, with Brazier and Carmouche Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 10 February 1827; * ''Catherine II, ou l'Impératrice et le cosaque'', play in 2 acts, extravaganza, mingled with couplets, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Laloue
Ferdinand Laloue (1794 in Passy – 27 September 1850) was a French dramatist, librettist and theatre producer. Administrator of the Théâtre du Cirque-Olympique, he also was director of the Hippodrome and the théâtre des Délassements comiques. His onerous plays with fastuous settings were performed on the most important Parisian stages (Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Variétés etc.). Works * ''Le Fort de la halle'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont and Pierre Carmouche, 1821 * ''Le Petit Georges, ou la Croix d'honneur'', comedy in 1 act, 1821 * ''La Bataille de Bouvines, ou le Rocher des tombeaux'', mimodrame in 3 acts, with René Perin, 1822 * ''L'Arabe hospitalier'', melodrama in 1 act, 1822 * ''La diligence attaquée, or L'auberge des Cévennes'', with Constant Ménissier and Ernest Renaud, 1822 * ''La Fille à marier ou La Double éducation'', comédie en vaude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe Adam
Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets ''Giselle'' (1841) and '' Le corsaire'' (1856), his operas ''Le postillon de Lonjumeau'' (1836) and ''Si j'étais roi'' (1852) and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!" (Midnight, Christians, 1844, known in English as "O Holy Night"). Adam was the son of a well-known composer and pianist, but his father did not wish him to pursue a musical career. Adam defied his father, and his many operas and ballets earned him a good living until he lost all his money in 1848 in a disastrous bid to open a new opera house in Paris in competition with the Opéra and Opéra-Comique. He recovered, and extended his activities to journalism and teaching. He was appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, France's principal music academy. Together with his older contemporary Daniel Auber and his teacher Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand-François Jouslin De La Salle
Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer, journalist, dramatist and theatre director. Jouslin de La Salle was Administrators of the Comédie-Française, administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the théâtre des Variétés in 1839. Theatre * ''Le Mûrier'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Vernet 22 June 1819. * ''Les Deux Veuves ou les Contrastes'', comedy in 1 act, with Martial Aubertin, 10 April 1821. * ''Jane Shore'', melodrame en 3 acts, with Hyacinthe Decomberousse, Alphonse de Chavanges, 1824. * ''La Famille du charlatan'', folie vaudeville in 1 act, with Maurice de Chavanges, 12 October 1824. * ''L’École du scandale'', play in 3 acts and in prose, with Charles-R.-E. de Saint-Maurice, Edmond Crosnier, 8 December 1824. * ''Les Acteurs à l’auberge'', comedy in one act, with Maurice Alhoy and Francis Cornu, 28 May 1825. * ''La Corbeille de mariage ou les Étrennes du futur'', vaudevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amable De Saint-Hilaire
Amable Vilain de Saint-Hilaire (born 30 November 1799) was a French dramatist whose plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Renaissance etc. Œuvres *1820: ''Écoutons ! ! !'', scènes improvisées, on the occasion of the birth of H.R.H. Mgr the duke of Bordeaux, with Emmanuel Lepeintre *1820: ''La pièce d'emprunt ou le compilateur'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Edmond Crosnier, 1820 *1821: ''Jocrisse paria'', tragédie burlesque in 1 act and in verses, with Crosnier *1821: ''Le Solitaire ou l'Exilé du mont Sauvage'', melodrama in three acts, à grand spectacle *1822: ''La Fille à marier ou La Double éducation'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Ferdinand Laloue and Constant Ménissier *1822: ''Le Meurtrier, ou le Dévouement filial'', historical melodrama in 3 acts, à spectacle, with Crosnier *1823: ''La Chasse au renard'', vaudev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Alhoy
Philadelphe-Maurice Alhoy (1802 – 27 April 1856) was a 19th-century French journalist, writer and playwright, born and died in Paris. As journalist Under the Restauration and the July Monarchy, when "every day saw the birth of a new paper" (Eugène de Mirecourt), Maurice Alhoy founded ''Le Philanthrope'' (1825), "newspaper devoted to charity, morality and the public good.", ''Le Dandy'', ''Le Pauvre Jacques'' (1829), the ''Journal des familles'', the ''Gazette des enfants'', the ''Moniteur des gourmands'', ''L’Ours'' (1834), a newspaper written "by a company of beasts with beaks and nails". He was involved in the writing of several other journals, including a ''journal-vaudeville'', ''La Foire aux idées'' (1849). But he will remain above all as the creator, with Étienne Arago, of ''Le Figaro'' on 14 janvier 1826. The beginnings were difficult; the newspaper was sold two months later to Auguste Le Poitevin de L'Égreville, then to Victor Bohain who took over the responsibili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson
Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson, known as Delestre-Poirson (22 August 1790, in Paris – 19 November 1859) was a French playwright and theatre director. Delestre-Poirson was the director of the Gymnase dramatique, from 1820 to 1844 ; his resistance to the decisions taken by the Société des auteurs dramatiques provoked part of the SACD to boycott using that theatre for 2 years. This conflict, in which only Narcisse Fournier remained loyal to Delestre-Poirson, led in the end to Delestre-Poirson's retirement. Delestre-Poirson is to be credited with the discovery of all the parts Rachel could play thanks to her deep and penetrating voice, her noble bearing and heroic fits of anger, thus bringing about a renaissance in French classical tragedy, which had been in decline and which Delestre-Poirson thus rejuvenated. He wrote several comedies, alone (e.g. ''Le Fat en province ou Le plan de comédie'', a 3-act comedy ; ''Inès et Pédrille ou La cousine supposée'', a 3-act co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
