Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères (11 September 1796, Paris – 19 March 1866, Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright and

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Biography

A son of a French colonist of

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, he studied in Paris then joined the army. Lieutenant of infantry, he resigned in 1820 to concentrate on literature. He became

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's lecturer but had to leave the post during the

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. In 1832, he was raised to the position of sous-préfet of Saint-Denis, then prefect of Ariège (1835),

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(1837),

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(1839) and

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(1847–1848). His plays, many of which he wrote with

Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...

, were performed on the most important stages of the Parisian theatre of the 19th century: Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de Madame, Théâtre de l'Odéon,

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Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville () was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis, Piis and Yves Barré, Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets s ...

, etc.

Works

*1821: ''L'Album'',

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vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...

in 1 act, with

Louis-Benoît Picard Louis-Benoît Picard (29 July 1769 in Paris – 31 December 1828 in Paris) was a French playwright, actor, novelist, poet and music director.Jean Gourret, '' Ces hommes qui ont fait l'Opéra'', 1984, p. 106-107. Biography Son of a lawyer, ...

*1821: ''Un jour a Rome, ou Le jeune homme en loterie'', with G. de Lurieu *1821: ''Monsieur M. Sensible'', comedy vaudeville in 1 act *1821: ''Le Panorama d'Athènes'', tableau in couplets *1822: ''L'Amateur à la porte, ou la Place du Louvre'', vaudeville in 1 act *1822: ''Le Notaire'', comedy-vaudeville in 1 act *1822: ''Une heure de veuvage'', comedy-vaudeville *1823: ''La loge du portier'', comedy-vaudeville, with Scribe *1823: ''Rossini à Paris, ou Le grand dîner'', à propos-vaudeville in 1 act, with Scribe *1823: ''Le bureau de la Loterie'', comedy-vaudeville in 1 act, with *1823: ''La Vérité dans le vin'', comedy-vaudeville in 1 act, with Scribe *1824: ''Le coiffeur et le perruquier'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent and

*1824: ''L'Enfant trouvé'', comedy in 3 acts, with Picard *1824: ''Les Petites saturnales'', comedy in 1 act, mixed with couplets *1825: ''Le landau ou L'hospitalité'', comedy-vaudeville in 1 act, with Picard *1825: ''Le Charlatanisme'', comedy-vaudeville, with Scribe *1825: ''Les Arrangeuses, ou les Pièces mises en pièces'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Nicolas Gersin and

Gabriel de Lurieu Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom he ...

*1825: ''L'éligible'', comedy in 1 act, with G. de Lurieu et

Thomas Sauvage Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage (; 1794 - May 1877) was a French dramatist, theatre director and critic. He collaborated with Adolphe Adam (an ''opéra comique'' in two acts '' Le Toréador'', 1849), Albert Grisar (''Gilles ravisseur'', 1838; ''L ...

*1825: ''La Quarantaine'', comedy vaudeville *1826: ''La Coutume allemande, ou les Vacances'', comedy vaudeville in 1 act *1826: ''La Demoiselle de compagnie'', comedy-vaudeville in 1 act, with Picard *1826: ''La Fin du mois'', comedy-vaudeville in 1 act *1826: ''Héritage et mariage'', comedy in 3 acts, with Picard *1826: ''Le jeune mari'', comedy in 3 acts *1827: ''

Le loup-garou ''Le loup-garou'' (''The Werewolf'') is a 19th-century opéra comique in one act in French with music by Louise Bertin and a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères. The work is a comedy inspired by the fairy tale of "Bea ...

'', with Scribe,

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...

Louise Bertin Louise-Angélique Bertin (; 15 January 1805 – 26 April 1877) was a French composer and poet.Hugh Macdonald, "Bertin, Louise", in: ''Grove Music Online'Oxford Music Online(subscription required) (accessed 30 December 2010). Life and music Ber ...

in 1 act *1827: ''Les trois quartiers'', comedie in 3 acts, with Picard *1828: ''Chacun de son coté'', comedy in 3 acts *1828: ''Les Éphémères'', tragi-comedy in 3 acts in prose, preceded with a

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and followed with an

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, with Picard *1828: ''L'Espion'', drama in five acts, with Jacques-Arsène-François-Polycarpe Ancelot *1828: ''L'oncle d'Amérique'', comedy-vaudeville, with Scribe *1829: ''Le Bon garçon'', comedy in 3 acts in prose, with Picard *1830: ''La Dame et la demoiselle'', comedy in 4 acts in prose, with

Adolphe-Simonis Empis Adolphe-Dominique Florent Joseph Simonis, known as Empis, (29 March 1795, Paris – 11 December 1868, Paris) was a French dramatist. Biography After studying at the lycée Impérial, Empis became master clerk in a notary's office. It was in thi ...

*1830: ''La mère et la fille'', comedy in 5 acts, with Empis *1830: ''Vatel ou le petit fils d'un grand homme'', comedy vaudeville in 1 act, with Scribe *1831: ''Un changement de ministère'', comedy in 5 acts and in prose, with Empis *1834: ''Une liaison'', 5-act comedy, with Empis *1849: ''L'Amitié des femmes'', 3-act comedy, in prose *1851: ''Le collier de perles'', 3-act comedy *1854: ''La Niaise'', 4-act comedy

Distinction

* Officer of the

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, 17 October 1832.

Bibliography

Charles Dezobry Louis Charles Dezobry (4 March 1798 – 16 August 1871) was a 19th-century French historian and historical novelist, born at St-Denis. Works * ''Rome au siècle d'Auguste, ou Voyage d'un Gaulois à Rome à l'époque du règne d'Auguste et ...

, Théodore Bachelet, ''Dictionnaire général de biographie et d'histoire'', 1869, p. 2953 *

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', vol. 2, 1870, p. 1239 * Joseph Marie Quérard, Antoine Alexandre Barbier, ''Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées'', 1874, p. 139 * Ferdinand Natanael Staaff, ''La littérature française depuis la formation de la langue jusqu'à nos jours'', vol. 2, 1878, p. 1065 * Patrick Berthier, ''Le théâtre au XIXe siècle'', 1986, p. 78

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazeres, Edouard-Joseph-Ennemond 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists Administrators of the Comédie-Française Officers of the Legion of Honour Writers from Paris 1796 births 1866 deaths