Adrien Henri Payn (

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

, 30 July 1800 –

Montévrain Montévrain () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are known as ''Montévrinois''. Education The commune has the following school groups (combined presch ...

, 3 October 1855) was a 19th-century French novelist and

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

. His

plays Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Pla ...

were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th-century, including the

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...

, the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique and the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. In collaboration with

Benjamin Antier Benjamin Antier, real name Benjamin Chevrillon, (21 March 1787 – 25 April 1870), was a 19th-century French playwright. An author of melodramas and vaudevilles written in collaboration with other dramatists, he is mostly known for his drama '' ...

and

Polyanthe Alexandre Chaponnier called Polyanthe (24 February 1793 in Paris – 26 July 1852 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris) was a 19th-century French physician, painter, engraver, and playwright. Also known under the sole first name Alexandre, he was th ...

, Payn authored the famous drama ''l’Auberge des Adrets''. Payn was the mayor of the city of

from 1848 to 1854. He died aged 55.

Works

*1823: ''La Cousine supposée'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, with

René Perin René Perin (1 November 1774 – 9 May 1858) was a 19th-century French playwright, publisher, translator and novelist. Biography A lawyer and sous-préfet of Montluçon during the Hundred Days, he resigned from his positions when the Bourbons ...

and Villard *1828: ''Roc l'exterminateur'', melodrama comique in 3 acts, with

Théodore Nézel Théodore Nézel (25 February 1799 – 23 May 1854) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. An employee at the ministry of public instruction, he was appointed managing director of the Théâtre du Panthéon in 1838. His plays, o ...

*1831: ''Le Tir et le restaurant'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel and

Armand Joseph Overnay Armand Joseph Overnay (1 November 1798 – 14 September 1869) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright. He was a son of the chansonnier Nicolas Jean Marie Overnay (born in 1769), one of the members of the Soupers de Momus, and an ex ...

*1831: ''Le Watchman'', drama in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with

and Overnay *1832: ''Marie-Rose, ou la Nuit de Noël'', three-act drama, with Saint-Amand *1835: ''Chérubin, ou le Page de Napoléon'', two-act comédie en vaudeville, with Adrien Delaville,

Charles Desnoyer Charles-Louis-François Desnoyer, or Desnoyers, (6 April 1806 – 6 February 1858) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager. He also wrote under the pen name Anatole de Beaulieu. Short biography He made his debut as act ...

Edmond de Biéville Edmond de Biéville, full name Charles-Henri-Étienne-Edmond Desnoyers de Biéville, (30 May 1814 – 1 January 1880 ) was a French journalist and playwright. The poet Fernand Desnoyers (1826-1869) was his brother. A student at the École sp ...

and

Adrien Viguier Adrien Viguier, (born Joseph Étienne Adrien Viguier; 20 January 1805 – 10 December 1884,) pen name Adrien Delaville, was a 19th-century French writer, playwright, and literary critic. Works *1825: ''Le Sacre de Charlemagne'', Ladvocat *183 ...

*1836: ''Le Doyen de Killerine'', two-act comédie en vaudeville after the novel by

Abbé Prévost Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles ( , , ; 1 April 169725 November 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French priest, author, and novelist. Life and works He was born at Hesdin, Artois, and first appears with the full nam ...

, with Overnay *1840: ''La Peur du tonnerre'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Overnay *1850: ''Trois amours d'anglais'', ballet-comique

Bibliography

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, ''Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées: Galerie des écrivains'', vol.1, 1869, (p. 199) 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French novelists Writers from Paris 1800 births 1855 deaths {{France-playwright-stub