Louis Adolphe Guénée (14 December 1818 in

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– 16 July 1877 in Paris) was a 19th-century 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 ...

. The son of a conductor of the

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, he studied in College Bourbon and made his debut in 1838 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté. Director of the theater district of

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, his plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the

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, the

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, and the Théâtre du Palais-Royal.

Works

* ''L'Orphelin du parvis Notre-Dame ou la Jeunesse de d'Alembert'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1838 * ''La France et l'industrie'', vaudeville allégorique in 1 act, à propos de l'exposition des produits de 1839, with Pierre Tournemine, 1839 * ''Les Guerres de Paris'', vaudeville populaire in 3 acts, with Tournemine, 1839 * ''Une Mauvaise plaisanterie'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Brésil, 1839 * ''Tiennette ou le racoleur et la jeune fille'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Alexandre Ferré Alexandre Ferré also known as Firmin or Saint-Firmin, (? – 27 February 1839) in Paris was a 19th-century French playwright. A former sergeant in the National Guard, he became actor and tenor at Versailles. Hired by the Théâtre de la Gaîté ...

, 1839 * ''L'Inondation de Lyon, épisode des désastres du Midi'', in 2 acts and 3 tableaux, 1840 * ''Le Bijoutier de Nuremberg, ou : Elle me console'', drama in 3 acts, with Potier, 1840 * ''La Femme de l'émigré'', drama in 2 acts mingled with songs, with Georges Fath, 1840 * ''Les Gueux de Paris, épisode de 1625'', vaudeville populaire in 3 acts, with Tournemine, 1841 * ''1842 à l'hôtel Bullion'',

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...

in 1 act mingled with

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 ...

s, with Auguste Jouhaud, 1842 * ''Les Enfants peints par eux-mêmes'', revue-vaudeville in 1 act, with Alexandre Auguste de Berruyer, 1842 * ''La Fille du ciel''; preceded by ''l'Ile des lutins'',

prologue A prologue or prolog (from Ancient Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier st ...

in 1 act, with Clairville, 1843 * ''L'Histoire des écoles'', review of seven centuries in 6 acts and 10 parts, with Tournemine, 1843 * ''Les Jolies filles du Maroc'', three-act play, mingled with couplets, with Louis Couailhac and Alfred Desroziers, 1844 * ''L'Oiseau de paradis'',

féerie ''Féerie'' (), sometimes translated as "fairy play", was a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. ''Féeries'' blended music, dancing, pantomime, ...

play in 3 acts and 14 tableaux, with Couailhac and Desroziers, 1846 * ''O'Néa, ou Taïti et Versailles'', play in 3 acts mingled with song, with Couailhac, 1847 * ''Le Président d'Entrecasteaux ou le parlement et les Jésuites, scène historique du XVIIIe siècle (1773-1784)'', 1847 * ''La Reine Argot, parodie de ''La Reine Margot'' by

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

'', in 3 acts, 7 tableaux and in verse, with Marc Leprévost and Lubize, 1847 * ''23 et 24 février ou le Réveil du peuple'', patriotic picture in 1 act between two barricades, with Leprévost and Jouhaud, 1848 * ''Un Voyage en Icarie'', à-propos in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 1848 * ''La Graine de mousquetaires'', vaudeville in 5 acts, with

Paul de Kock Charles Paul de Kock (May 21, 1793 in Passy, Paris – April 27, 1871 in Paris) was a French novelist. Although one of the most popular writers of his day in terms of book sales, he acquired a literary reputation for low-brow output in poor taste ...

, 1849 * ''Rhum'', à propos mêlé de couplets, with Clairville and Leprévost, 1849 * ''Gâchis et poussière'', revue in 3 acts and 12 tableaux, with Delacour, 1850 * ''Voilà le plaisir, mesdames !'', revue in 4 acts and 16 tableaux, with Delacour, 1851 * ''Le Porte-drapeau d'Austerlitz'', drame in 1 act, mingled with song, 1852 * ''Les Variétés de 1852'', revue-féerie in 4 acts and 12 tableaux, followed by the 2999e presentation of ''la Femme aux camélias'', parody in 1 act, with Delacour and Lambert-Thiboust, 1852 * ''Une Femme qui se grise'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Alfred Delacour Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...

and

Lambert-Thiboust Lambert-Thiboust (25 October 1827 – 10 July 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography Lambert-Thiboust began his career as a comedian. He won a prize for tragedy at the Paris Conservatoire in 1848 and briefly pursued acting at th ...

, 1853 * ''Un Gendre en mi-bémol'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Alexandre Flan, 1853 * ''L'Alma'', à propos patriotique mingled with couplets, in 1 tableaux, with

Amédée de Jallais Amédée de Jallais (17 December 1826 – 31 January 1909) was a 19th-century French playwright, operetta librettist and chansonnier. Biography The son of a lieutenant colonel in the guards, he studied at the College Bourbon then entered in th ...

, 1854 * ''La Fille du feu'', féerie in 3 acts and 8 tableaux, with Monnier, 1854 * ''La Queue de la comète'', revue of the year 1853, in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with

Eugène Cormon Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career. Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 1 ...

and Eugène Grangé, 1854 * ''Les Toiles du Nord'', parodie de lÉtoile du Nord'', in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, preceded by ''Devant le rideau'', prologue, with Monnier and Flan, 1854 * ''Voilà ce qui vient de paraître'', revue of the year 1854, in 3 acts et 16 tableaux, avec Potier, 1854 * ''La Dame aux trois maris'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Potier, 1855 * ''L'Enfant du petit monde'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Potier, 1855 * ''Dzing ! Boum ! Boum !'', revue de l'Exposition in 3 acts and 16 tableaux, with Potier and Eugène Mathieu, 1855 * ''La Vivandière des zouaves'', monologue-vaudeville in 1 act, 1855 * ''Allons-y gaiment'', revue of the year 1856, in 3 acts and 14 tableaux, with

Charles Potier Charles Joseph Édouard Potier, called Charles (Bordeaux, 1806 – Asnières-sur-Seine, 28 April 1870) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright. A son of Charles-Gabriel Potier, Charles was an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), ...

, 1856 * ''Les Dragées du 16 mars'', à-propos mingled with couplets, with Potier, 1856 * ''Si j'étais riche'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Potier, 1856 * ''Vous allez voir ce que vous allez voir'', revue of the year 1855, n 3 acts and 16 tableaux, with Potier, 1856 * ''Les Délassements à la belle-étoile'', prologue d'ouverture in 2 tableaux, with Albert Monnier, 1857 * ''Le Premier feu'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Potier, 1857 * ''En avant, marche !'', revue of the year 1857, in 3 acts and 16 tableaux. ''La Guerre des saisons'', prologue, with Potier, 1857 * ''Dans une cave'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Jules Renard Pierre-Jules Renard (; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works ''Poil de carotte'' (Carrot Top, 1894) and ''Les Histoires Naturelles'' (Nature Stories, 1896). Among ...

, 1858 * ''Le Marquis de Carabas'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Faucheur, 1858 * ''Tout Paris y passera'', revue of the 1858, in 3 acts and 14 tableaux, preceded by ''Paris sur scène'', prologue, with Potier, 1858 * ''L'Aveugle de Bagnolet'', drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Charles Deslys, 1859 * ''Huis-clos'', comedy in 1 act, with Adolphe Marquet and

Charles Lecocq Alexandre Charles Lecocq (; 3 June 183224 October 1918) was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéra comique, opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable su ...

, 1859 * ''Monsieur Croquemitaine'', comedy mingled with song, with Faucheur, 1860 * ''L'Œuf de Pâques, ou le Billet à ordre'', comedy mingled with song, with Faucheur, 1860 * ''Le 16 décembre'', dramatic and lyrical scene performed on the Grand Theatre Ghent on the occasion of the birthday of His Majesty King Leopold I December 14, 1860, with

Albert Vizentini Albert Vizentini (9 November 1841 – 21 October 1906) was a French violinist, composer, conductor and music writer. His main centre of activity was the French capital, but he also worked for ten years in Russia and toured in Britain and Ireland. ...

, 1860 * ''La Routine et le progrès'', Opening prologue mingled with couplets, 1861 * ''Tout Rouen y passera, et la Bouille aussi'', great fairy-review of Rouen in 5 acts and 24 tables,

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 th ...

, 1864 * ''Bobino vit encore'', revue in 3 acts and 10 tableaux, 1866 * ''La Fée aux amourettes'', comédie-vaudeville in 5 acts, with de Kock, 1867 * ''Deucalion et Pyrrha'', pastorale mythologique, with Clairville, 1870 * ''Antoine et Cléopâtre'',

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

in 1 act, 1876 * ''Sébastopol'', à propos patriotique, with de Jallais, undated

Bibliography

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'', 1861, * ''La Grande encyclopédie, inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts'', vol.19, 1886, * ''Le Temps'' n°5935 18 July 1877 (obituary) {{DEFAULTSORT:Guenee, Adolphe 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1818 births Writers from Paris 1877 deaths