Jean Frédéric Adolphe Salvat, died in Paris in 1876, was a 19th-century French playwright. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including 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 It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoisell ...

, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Antoine, the

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, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

, and 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 venue ...

Works

*1837: ''Le Chemin de fer de Saint-Germain'', one-act à-propos-vaudeville, with Jean Pierre Charles Perrot de Renneville and

Henri de Tully Jules-Henry de Tully (1 May 1798 – 12 July 1846) was a French librettist and playwright. Life A deputy Commissioner of the king at the Monnaie de Paris, a member of the Société Lyrique, an administrator of the Théâtre du Luxembourg, he ...

*1838: ''Les Femmes libres'', three-act folie-vaudeville and

extravaganza An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes als ...

, with Pierre Tournemine *1839: ''Le Mauvais sujet'', one-act

comédie en vaudevilles The ''comédie en vaudevilles'' () was a theatrical entertainment which began in Paris towards the end of the 17th century, in which comedy was enlivened through lyrics using the melody of popular vaudeville songs.Barnes 2001. Evolution The ...

, with

Charles Labie Charles Labie was a 19th-century French playwright. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre de la ...

and

Joanny Augier Jean-Baptiste Augier called Joanny Augier, (3 April 1813 – 17 February 1855.) was a 19th-century French playwright and journalist. Biography A secretary of Lamartine after the French Revolution of 1848 (24 February), an éditor at the ''Le ...

*1840: ''L'Île de Calypso'', one-act folie-vaudeville, with Joanny Augier *1842: ''Duchesse et poissarde'', two-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Joanny Augier *1843: ''La Jeune et la vieille garde, épisode de 1814'', in 1 act, with Clairville, 1843 *1845: ''Les Deux tambours'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Lubize and Edmond-Frédéric Prieur *1847: ''La Fille du diable'', one-act vaudeville fantastique, with

Hippolyte Rimbaut Hippolyte Louis Rimbaut (1818–1888) was a 19th-century French playwright. A collaborator with ''Le Temps'', his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the first half of the 19th century, including the Théâtre du Panthéo ...

*1850: ''La Grenouille du régiment'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Lubize *1853: ''La Petite Provence'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Édouard Brisebarre *1858: ''L'Agent matrimonial'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Perrot de Renneville *1859: ''Taureau le brasseur'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Rimbaut *undated: ''Le Revers de la médaille'', two-act comédie en vaudevilles

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Joseph-Marie Quérard Joseph Marie Quérard (25 December 1797 – 3 December 1865) was a French bibliographer. He was born at Rennes, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller. Sent abroad on business, he remained in Vienna from 1819 to 1824, where he drew up the fir ...

, Charles Louandre, ''La littérature française contemporaine: XIXe siècle'', 1857,
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