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Jacques-André Jacquelin
Jacques-André Jacquelin (18 March 1776 – 13 August 1827) was a French playwright, lyricist, chansonnier, goguettier and poet. Biography A chief clerk at the Ministry of War, he became inspector of secondary theaters of Paris. Jacquelin authored about forty plays, all of which are now long forgotten, and the ''Dictionnaire historique abrégé des hommes célèbres depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours''. He was a member of the of which he became general secretary in 1815. Works ;Theatre * ''La Nièce de ma tante Aurore, ou la Manie des romans'', one-act comedy, Paris, Théâtre de la rue de Thionville, 7 March 1794 * ''Les Fureurs de l'amour'', tragédie burlesque in 7 scenes and in verse, with Joseph-Henri Flacon Rochelle, Paris, Jeunes-Artistes, 9 June 1798 * ''Jean La Fontaine'', comédie anecdotique in 1 act and i prose, mingled with vaudevilles, Paris, Jeunes-Artistes, 23 September 1798 * ''L’Enfant de l’amour'', suite des ''Fureurs de l’amou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine-Marie Coupart
Antoine-Marie Coupart (13 June 1780 – 19 October 1864) was an early 19th-century French playwright and chansonnier, as well as a dramaturge at the Théâtre du Palais Royal (1831–1864). Biography At first an employee in the administration of military transport in Paris and Liège (1796–1798), he joined then the office of newspapers and theaters and the Ministry of Police where he became deputy chief in 1813. He worked with the same title at the Ministry of the interior in 1820 and became head of that office in 1824. After he was put on retirement in 1829, he worked as secretary general of the Paris Opera. From 1822 to 1836, he was responsible for the publication of the ''Almanach des spectacles'' (twelve volumes). His plays were presented at the Théâtre des Variétés and at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in Paris. Works *1803: ''Lucile ou l'amant à l'épreuve'', comedy in 1 act and in prose *1804: ''Toujours le même'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Joseph Serviè ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Data
Data ( , ) are a collection of discrete or continuous values that convey information, describing the quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpreted formally. A datum is an individual value in a collection of data. Data are usually organized into structures such as tables that provide additional context and meaning, and may themselves be used as data in larger structures. Data may be used as variables in a computational process. Data may represent abstract ideas or concrete measurements. Data are commonly used in scientific research, economics, and virtually every other form of human organizational activity. Examples of data sets include price indices (such as the consumer price index), unemployment rates, literacy rates, and census data. In this context, data represent the raw facts and figures from which useful information can be extracted. Data are collected using technique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Chompré
Pierre Chompré ( Narcy, Haute-Marne 1698 – Paris, 18 August 1760), was a French schoolmaster, the author of educational books, and an editor of Latin sermons. Biography In Paris, he directed and taught at a boarding school, and he wrote several educational books for the use of his pupils and other young people. His ''Dictionnaire abrégé de la Fable'', published in 1727, was translated into many languages and reprinted many times until the middle of the nineteenth century. "Here we have a man named Chompré," wrote his contemporary Baron Grimm, "who possesses a very rare and recognized talent for the instruction of youth. He saw that the most perfect books we have from antiquity repelled young people through their uselessness, obscurity, or inappropriately high academic level. He is responsible for carefully extracting all that can attract, entertain or educate young people."Melchior Grimm, ''Correspondance littéraire, philosophique et critique'', Garnier, Paris, vol. II, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Comte
Louis Apollinaire Christien Emmanuel Comte "The King's Conjurer" (born Geneva, 22 June 1788 – Rueil, 25 November 1859), also known simply as Comte, was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian magician, greatly admired by Robert-Houdin. He performed for Louis XVIII at the Tuileries Palace and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by Louis-Philippe. He was sometimes called "The Conjurer of the Three Kings" (Louis XVIII, Charles X of France, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe). In 1814, Comte became the first conjurer on record to Hat-trick (magic trick), pull a white rabbit out of a top hat though this is also attributed to the much later John Henry Anderson.QI, QI (A series)#Episode 3 "Aquatic Animals", A Series, Episode 3 Comte owned the Théâtre Comte passage des Panoramas of the 2nd arrondissement of Paris and another one in the Passage Choiseul. File:Paris, France, Admission Jeton Token Théâtre Comte, Passage Choiseul, ND (1827 - 1846), reverse.jpg, Admission token T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De La Gaîté (boulevard Du Temple)
The Théâtre de la Gaîté (), a former Parisian theatre company, was founded in 1759 on the boulevard du Temple by the celebrated Théâtre de la foire, Parisian fair-grounds showman Jean-Baptiste Nicolet as the Théâtre de Nicolet, ou des Grands DanseursMcCormick 1993, p. 16.Whittaker 1827vol. 2, p. 520 (). The company was invited to perform for the royal court of Louis XV in 1772 and thereafter took the name of Grands-Danseurs du Roi (). However, with the fall of the monarchy and the founding of the First French Republic in 1792, the name was changed to the politically correct, less politically risky Théâtre de la Gaîté."Grands-Danseurs du Roi (Spectacle des)" in Campardon 1877vol. 1, p. 384 The company's theatre on the boulevard du Temple was replaced in 1764 and 1808, and again in 1835 due to a fire. As a result of Haussmann's renovation of Paris, the company relocated to a new theatre on the rue Papin in 1862, and the 1835 theatre (pictured) was subsequently demolished. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel-Alexandre Belle
Gabriel-Alexandre Belle (4 March 1782 – 20 October 1855) was a 19th-century French writer and playwright. Belle was honoured by being made a . Biography A former commissioner of war, a member of the Soupers de Momus, an editor at the ''La Nouveauté'' newspaper, Director of the magazine ''Discours prononcé à la séance publique de la Société académique des Enfans d'Apollon'', his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Works *1807: ''La paix ou l'heureux retour'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Paul Ledoux *1811: ''Ode, stances et pot-pourri sur la naissance de S. M. le Roi de Rome'' *1817: ''Femme à vendre, ou le Marché écossais'', folie in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Paul Gentilhomme *1818: ''Crillon et Bussy d'Amboise'', historical fact in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Gentilhomme *1818: ''M. Sans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard
Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard (17 June 1779 – 5 January 1846) was a 19th-century French playwright and Chansonnier (singer), chansonnier. A president of the Société du Caveau, Caveau Moderne in 1839, he participated to numerous literary publications such as the ''Courrier des Théâtres'', ''La Nouveauté'', the ''Observateur'', the ''Voleur'' and ''La France littéraire''. He wrote many vaudevilles under his name or the pen name Eugène Décour. His Play (theatre), plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté (boulevard du Temple), Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre du Panthéon, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Works *1802: ''L'Amour au village'', opéra-vaudeville in 1 act *1802: ''Elina et Natalie, ou les Hongrois'', drama in 3 acts, translated by August von Kotzebue, Kotzebue *1803: ''La Sifflomanie'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Grétry *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couplet
In poetry, a couplet ( ) or distich ( ) is a pair of successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse. In a run-on (open) couplet, the meaning of the first line continues to the second. Background The word "couplet" comes from the French word meaning "two pieces of iron riveted or hinged together". The term "couplet" was first used to describe successive lines of verse in Sir P. Sidney's ''Arcadia ''in 1590: "In singing some short coplets, whereto the one halfe beginning, the other halfe should answere." While couplets traditionally rhyme, not all do. Poems may use white space to mark out couplets if they do not rhyme. Couplets in iambic pentameter are called '' heroic couplets''. John Dryden in the 17th century and Alexander Pope in the 18th century were both well known for their w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées () is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while the smaller Comédie and Studio des Champs-Élysées above the latter may seat 601 and 230 people respectively. Commissioned by impresario Gabriel Astruc, the theatre was built from 1911 to 1913 upon the designs of brothers Auguste Perret and Gustave Perret following a scheme by Henry van de Velde, and became the first example of Art Deco architecture in the city. Less than two months after its inauguration, the Théâtre hosted the world premiere of the Ballets Russes' ''Rite of Spring'', which provoked one of the most famous classical music riots. At present, the theatre shows about three staged opera productions a year, mostly baroque or chamber works more suited to the modest size of its stage and orchestra pit. It also houses an import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantomime
Pantomime (; informally panto) is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining gender-crossing actors and topical humour with a story more or less based on a well-known fairy tale, fable or folk tale.Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. "Pantomime", ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature'', Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006), Pantomime is a participatory form of theatre developed in England in the 18th century, in which the audience is encouraged and expected to sing along with certain parts of the music and shout out phrases to the performers. The origins of pantomime reach back to ancient Greek classical theatre. It developed partly from the 16th century commedia dell'arte tradition of Italy and partly from other European and British stage traditions, such as 17th-century masques and music hall. An important part of the pantomime, until the late 19th century, was the harlequinade. Modern pantomime is perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extravaganza
An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of Victorian burlesque, and pantomime, in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. The term is derived from the Italian word ''stravaganza'', meaning extravagance. It sometimes also has elements of music hall, cabaret, circus, revue, variety, vaudeville and mime. ''Extravaganza'' came, in the 20th century, to more broadly refer to an elaborate, spectacular, and expensive theatrical production. Professor Carolyn Wiliams writes that playwrights, producers and critics have often muddled the distinction between burlesque and extravaganza, but she describes the genre this way: "Sexy yet free of "offensive vulgarity", silly yet intelligent, raucus yet spectacularly beautiful, extravaganza was a relatively "high" form of burlesque, intended for an urbane adult audience." She notes that the definition of extravaganza changed during the 19th century, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
