Marie-Joseph-Adolphe-Alexandre Langlois, better known as Aylic Langlé (11 October 1827 – 13 January 1870) was a 19th-century French

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 ...

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and official.

Biography

The son of the playwright

Ferdinand Langlé Ferdinand Langlé, full name Joseph-Adophe-Adrien-Ferdinand Langlois, (21 November 1798 – 18 October 1867) was a French playwright and journalist. He was the founder of the company. Biography Joseph Langlois is the son of Honoré Langlé ...

and of Cécila de Milhau, grandson of the composer

Honoré Langlé Honoré François Marie Langlé (1741–1807) was a French theorist of music of Monegasque origin, composer, and author of a ''Traité d'harmonie et de modulation'' (Paris: Boyer, 1795). Napoleon named him to the newly founded Paris Conservatoire ...

, the writer Marie-Ange-Ferdinand Langlois (? – 1908) and Charles-Édouard Langlois were his brothers. He married Marie-Euphrasine Benoist (died in 1866), with whom he had a daughter, Marie-Georgina (1860-1930) who would become a writer. He died from a stroke aged 42.

Works

* 1853: ''Murillo ou la Corde de pendu'',

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term ori ...

in 3 acts and in free verse,

Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real ...

(18 October) * 1863: ''Un homme de rien'', comédie-vaudeville in 4 acts,

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 ...

* 1864: ''La Toile d'araignée'', comedy * 1864: ''La Jeunesse de Mirabeau'',

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic compositio ...

in 4 acts, with

Raymond Deslandes Raymond Deslandes, called Raimond Deslandes, (12 July 182523 March 1890) was a 19th-century French journalist, playwright and theater manager. He wrote, alone or in collaboration (particularly with Eugène Labiche), numerous comedies. He also d ...

, Théâtre du Vaudeville (11 November)

Distinctions

Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

(22 June 1863 decree). * Officer of the Légion d'honneur (7 August 1869 decree)Journal Officiel de l'Empire français du 10 août 1869, Partie officielle, page

at Gallica. Aylic Langlé's personal file is not in the

Base Léonore ''Base Léonore'', or the Léonore database, is a French database In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted ...

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Langle, Aylic 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 1827 births Writers from Paris 1870 deaths 19th-century French male writers