Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) 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 ...

and vaudevillist. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century such as the Théâtre de l'Ambigu,

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history O ...

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 ...

, Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.).

Works

* ''Le Cocher de fiacre'',

melodrama A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on ...

in 3 acts, with Benjamin Antier, 1825 * ''Le Pauvre de l'Hôtel-Dieu'', mélodrama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1826 * ''Le Prisonnier amateur'', comedy mingled with couplets, with

Armand d'Artois Armand d'Artois (3 October 1788 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque ...

Ferdinand Laloue Ferdinand Laloue (1794 in Passy – 27 September 1850) was a French dramatist, librettist and theatre producer. Administrator of the Théâtre du Cirque-Olympique, he also was director of the Hippodrome and the théâtre des Délassements comique ...

and

Frédérick Lemaître Antoine Louis Prosper "Frédérick" Lemaître (; 28 July 1800 – 26 January 1876) was a French actor and playwright, one of the most famous players on the celebrated Boulevard du Crime. Biography Lemaître, the son of an architect, was ...

, 1826 * ''Le Vieil Artiste, ou la Séduction'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Frédérick Lemaître, 1826 * ''Le Fou'', drama in 3 acts, with Antony Béraud and Gustave Drouineau, 1829 * ''La Maîtresse'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hippolyte Le Roux and Merville, 1829 * ''Le Fils de Louison'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1830 * ''L'incendiaire ou la cure et l'archevêché'', drama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1831 * ''Joachim Murat'', historical drama in 4 acts and 9 tableaux, with Antier and

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

, 1831 * ''Les Jumeaux de La Réole, ou les Frères Faucher'', drama in 3 acts and 7 tableaux, with

Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont Michel-Nicolas Balisson, baron de Rougemont (27 February 1781 - 16 July 1840), was a French journalist, novelist and dramatist. Biography His family comes from Sourdeval, in Normandy. He invented the ''mot de Cambronne''.Jacques Logie, Waterl ...

, 1831 *1832: ''L'Abolition de la peine de mort'', drama in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with Benjamin Antier and J.-S. Raffard-Brienne * ''Une bonne fortune'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, 1832 * ''La Fille du soldat'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1832 * ''La Nuit d'avant'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1832 * ''Le Serrurier'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Bayard, 1832 * ''Aimer et mourir'', 1833 * ''Madame d'Egmont ou Sont-elles deux ?'', comedy in 3 acts, with Ancelot, 1833 * ''L'Aspirant de marine'', opéra-comique in 2 acts, with Edmond Rochefort, 1833 * ''La consigne'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1833 * ''Louis XI en goguettes'', vaudeville in 1 act, with F. de Bury, 1833 * ''La Salle de bains'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with Antier, 1833 * ''Les Suites d'une séparation'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Paul Duport Nicolas-Paul Duport (22 April 1798 – 26 December 1866) was a French dramatist and librettiste who also wrote under the pen names M. P. D., Paulin and Erbert. Theatre * 1824 : ''Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à 2 maris'', comédie-vaudeville in ...

, 1833 * ''Fretillon ou La bonne fille'', vaudeville in 5 acts, with Bayard, 1834 * ''Salvoisy ou L'amoureux de la Reine'', with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont and Eugène Scribe, 1834 * ''Le Capitaine de vaisseau ou La salamandre'' ; preceded by ''La carotte d'or'', prologue, vaudeville nautique in 2 acts, with Benjamin Antier and Mélesville, 1834 * ''L'Ami Grandet'', comedy in 3 acts, mingled with couplets, with

Jacques-François Ancelot Jacques-Arsène-Polycarpe-François Ancelot (9 January 1794 – 7 September 1854) was a French dramatist and litterateur. Biography Born in Le Havre, Ancelot became a clerk in the admiralty, and retained his position until the July Revolu ...

, 1834 * ''Le Dernier de la famille'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1834 * ''Le Domino rose'', comédie-vaudeville-anecdote in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1834 * ''Un secret de famille'', drama in 4 acts, with Ancelot, 1834 * ''Les Tours de Notre-Dame'', anecdote du temps de Charles VII, with Antier, 1834 * ''Le Père Goriot'', drama-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Ernest Jaime and

Emmanuel Théaulon Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert (14 August 1787, Aigues-Mortes – 16 November 1841) was a French playwright. A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an ''Ode'' on the birth of the King of ...

, 1835 * ''L'Autorité dans l'embarras'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ernest Jaime, 1835 * ''La Fille mal élevée'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny, 1835 * ''Le Violon de l'opéra'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne de Vauroussel, 1835 * ''Les Deux Nourrices'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Bayard, 1835 * ''Le Tapissier'', comedy in 3 acts, mingled with songs, with Ancelot, 1835 * ''Avis aux coquettes, ou L'amant singulier'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with

Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...

, 1836 * ''Le Colleur'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with B. Antier, 1836 * ''La Liste des notables'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with

Charles Dupeuty Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee ...

, 1836 * ''La Reine d'un jour'', chronique mauresque in 2 acts, with Antier, 1836 * ''La Comtesse du Tonneau, ou Les deux cousines'', 1837 * ''Vive le galop !'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Cogniard brothers and Lubize, 1837 * ''Vouloir, c'est pouvoir'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with song, with Ancelot, 1837 * ''Le Serment de collège'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 1838 * ''Un frère de quinze ans'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1838 * ''Le Tireur de cartes'', vaudeville en 1 acte, with Eugène Roche, 1838 * ''Le marché de Saint-Pierre'', melodrama in 5 acts, with Antier, 1839 * ''Le Cheval de Crequi'', comedy in 2 acts and 3 parts, 1839 * ''Les Maris vengés'', comédie-vaudeville in 5 acts, with

Étienne Arago Étienne Vincent Arago (9 February 1802 – 7 March 1892) was a French writer and politician, and co-founder (with Maurice Alhoy) of the newspaper ''Le Figaro''. Early life Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers. ...

and

Eugène Roche Eugène Honoré Roche (30 April 1808, in Paris – 12 June 1870, in Paris) was a French playwright of the 19th century. His plays were presented on the most prestigious Parisian stages of his time: Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre des Folies- ...

, 1839 * ''La Grisette de Bordeaux'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1840 * ''L'Honneur d'une femme'', drama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1840 * ''Une journée chez Mazarin'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Fulgence de Bury and Théodore Muret, 1840 * ''Van Bruck, rentier'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Narcisse Fournier, 1841 * ''Les Filets de Saint-Cloud'', drama in 5 acts, with B. Antier, 1842 * ''Touboulic le cruel'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1843 * ''La Polka en Province'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Cordier, 1844 * ''La Sainte-Cécile'',

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...

in 3 acts, with Ancelot, 1844 * ''Un mystère'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Ancelot, 1844 * ''Juanita ou Volte-face'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Bayard, 1846 * ''La Carotte d'or'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Benjamin Antier and Mélesville, 1846 * ''L'Homme qui se cherche'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

, 1846 * ''Le chapeau gris, ou Les obstacles'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Édouard Brisebarre, 1847 * ''La Vapeur d'éther ou sans douleur !'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Hippolyte Lefebvre, 1847 * ''Un amant qui ne veut pas être heureux'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Lubize, 1850 * ''Les Trois Coups de pied'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lockroy, 1851 * ''Théâtre de Alexis de Comberousse'', foreword by

Jules Janin Jules Gabriel Janin (; 16 February 1804 – 19 June 1874) was a French writer and critic. Life and career Born in Saint-Étienne (Loire), Janin's father was a lawyer, and he was educated first at St. Étienne, and then at the lycée Louis-le-Gr ...

, 3 vol, 1864

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Louis 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 ...

, Léon Garnier, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1865, p. 485
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