Émile Colliot(12 January 1824,
Chaumont, Haute-Marne
Chaumont, also known Chaumont-en-Bassigny (), is a commune of France, and the prefecture of the Haute-Marne department. , it has a population of 21,847.
The city stands on the river Marne and is situated on the Paris-Est–Mulhouse-Ville rail ...
– 24 January 1881) was a French
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just
Readin ...
and poet of the 19th century.
His
plays were presented at many Parisian stages of his time, including the
Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques
The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques () was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted ...
, the
Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, and the
Théâtre des Variétés
The Théâtre des Variétés () is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974.
History
The theatre owed its creation to Mademoiselle Montans ...
.
Works
*1848: ''Amour et folie'', drama in three acts
*1848: ''La Mort d'André Vesale'',
soliloquy
A soliloquy (, from Latin 'alone' and 'to speak', ) is a speech in drama in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, typically while alone on stage. It serves to reveal the character's inner feelings, motivations, or plans directly to ...
in 1 act and in verses
*1849: ''Bruxelles, père, fils et compagnie'', actualité vaudeville à grand spectacle, in 1 act and 2 tableaux
*1849: ''Clara ou la Double épreuve'',
comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act
*1849: ''Empereur et Savetier'', historical vaudeville in 1 act
*1849: ''Le Jugement de Dieu'', drama vaudeville in 1 act
*1849: ''La Politique des femmes'', vaudeville in 1 act
*1850: ''Plaisir et charité'', vaudeville in 1 act
*1851: ''400,000 francs pour vingt sous'', vaudeville in 1 act, with
Émile Lefebvre
*1851: ''Dans l'autre monde'', rêverie vaudeville in 2 acts and 3 tableaux, with Émile Lefebvre
*1851: ''Un fameux numéro'', vaudeville in 1 act, with
Paul Faulquemont and
Hippolyte Lefebvre
*1852: ''Alice, ou L'ange du foyer'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with
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at Gallica.
*1852: ''L'Ami de la maison'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Émile Lefebvre
*1852: ''L'Ami François'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille Bourdois
*1852: ''La Course à la veuve'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Bourdois
*1853: ''La Chanson du marteau'', song
*1853: ''Les Ombres blanches'', poetry, with Jules Bertrand
*1853: ''La Dernière heure d'un avare'', soliloquy
A soliloquy (, from Latin 'alone' and 'to speak', ) is a speech in drama in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud, typically while alone on stage. It serves to reveal the character's inner feelings, motivations, or plans directly to ...
in 1 act
*1853: ''Le Mari par régime'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Bourdois and Lapointe
*1853: ''Mêlez-vous de vos affaires'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Bourdois and Lapointe
*1853: ''Les Moustaches grises'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Bourdois and Lapointe
*1854: ''A la recherche d'un million'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Armand Lapointe
*1854: ''Un Provincial qui se forme'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Lapointe
*1857: ''De l'Avenir du clergé catholique''
*1858: ''Hommage à S. M. Napoléon III d'un moyen d'obtenir le pain et le loyer à bon marché''
*1859: ''Les Deux maniaques'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Adolphe Choler and Lapointe
*1864: ''A qui la pomme ?'', fantaisie in 1 act
*1864: ''Une Chanson de Béranger'', vaudeville in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, with Bourdois
*1864: ''Les Femmes du sport'', tableau de mœurs, de salon et d'écurie, in 4 acts, with Bourdois
*1866: ''La Vie à la vapeur'', vaudeville fantastique in 4 acts and 6 tableaux, with Bourdois
*1872: ''Pour la France, s'il vous plaît !'', monologue
In theatre, a monologue (also known as monolog in North American English) (in , from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts ...
Notes
1824 births
1881 deaths
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
19th-century French poets
People from Chaumont, Haute-Marne
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