Édouard Martin, full name Édouard Joseph Martin, (19 July 1825 – 13 July 1866 ) was a 19th-century French

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. When he was a young dramatist and a friend of

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and

Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rem ...

, Édouard Martin was known for the comedies he wrote in collaboration with

Eugène Labiche Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Albert Monnier Albert Monnier, (22 July 1815 Paul Siraudin Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, mai ...

, during the

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. Suffering from mental illness in 1864, he died at the municipal nursing home Dubois (today hôpital Fernand-Widal) 13 July 1866. At his burial at Saint-Denis on 14 July, it was

Léon Gozlan Léon Gozlan (11 September 1803 – 14 September 1866) was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright. Life When he was still a boy, his father, who had made a large fortune as a ship-broker, met with a series of misfortunes, and Léon, befo ...

who delivered his eulogy.

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Émile de Najac Comte Émile de Najac (December 1828 – 11 April 1889) was a French librettist. He was a prolific writer during the Second Empire and early part of the Third Republic, supplying plays and opéra comique librettos, many in one act. Biography É ...

*1863: ''La Fleur des braves'', withavec Ernest Mouchelet

Plays written in collaboration with Labiche and/or Monnier

*1852: ''L'Argent par les fenêtres'' *1852: ''Le Droit de visite'' *1855: ''Un oncle aux carottes'' *1856: ''As-tu tué le mandarin ?'' *1857: ''

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'' *1857: '' Les Noces de Bouchencœur'' *1858: ''Chez une petite dame'' *1859: '' L'Amour, un fort volume, prix 3 F 50 c'' *1859: '' Les Petites Mains'' *1860: '' Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon'' *1860: ''Le Pantalon de Nessus'' *1861: '' Les Vivacités du capitaine Tic'' *1861: ''

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'' *1862: ''Le Bataillon de la Moselle'' *1862: '' Les 37 Sous de M. Montaudoin'' *1863: ''

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'' *1864: ''

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'' *1864: ''Les Truffes'' *1864: ''Le Petit de la rue du Ponceau'' *1865: ''Histoire d'une patrouille'' *1867: ''

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