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, an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), the Théâtre du Palais-Royal than at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, his plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre Déjazet.

Works

* ''Les 20000 francs'', drama in 1 act mingled with songs, with

Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1 September 1799, in Paris – 3 July 1865, in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. A secretary at the Théâtre des Variétés, his plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time in ...

, 1832 * ''La Fille du bourreau'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Boulé, 1833 * ''Le Peloton de fil'', moralité in 1 act, mingled with

couplet A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the ...

s, 1834 * ''Parce que, ou la Suite de ''Pourquoi ?'' '', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Boulé, 1835 * ''Fanchette, ou l'Amour d'une femme'', drama-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Boulé, 1836 * ''Le Facteur, ou la Justice des hommes'', drama in 5 acts, with Boulé and Charles Desnoyer, 1838 * ''La Sœur de l'ivrogne'', drama-vaudeville in 1 act, with Désiré Gautier, 1839 * ''L'Amie et l'amant, ou La confiance du mari'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 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 ...

, 1840 * ''Le Bijoutier de Nuremberg, ou Elle me console'', drama in 3 acts, with

Adolphe Guénée Adolphe Guénée (14 December 1818 in Paris – 16 July 1877 in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. The son of a conductor of the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, he studied in College Bourbon and made his debut in 1838 at the Théâtre de la ...

, 1840 * ''Le Maître à tous'', comedy in 2 acts mingled with singing, with

Antony Béraud Antony Béraud, real name Antoine-Nicolas Béraud, (11 January 1791 – 6 February 1860) was a French military, chansonnier, writer, poet, historian and playwright. Life In 1809 he entered the École militaire de Saint-Cyr and became second ...

, 1840 * ''Léon, Georges et Marie, ou les Deux amours'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Félix Dutertre de Véteuil, 1841 * ''Le Marchand d'habits'', drama in 5 acts, with Desnoyer, 1841 * ''Les Deux Joseph'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Nyon, 1842 * ''Tic, tac ! tic tac ! ou les Deux mariées'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1843 * ''À la belle étoile'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Édouard Brisebarre Edouard-Louis-Alexandre Brisebarre (Paris 12 February 1815 – 17 December 1871 10th arrondissement of ParisArchives numérisées de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 10ème arrondissement, registre des décès de 1871, acte n° 8643, vue 9/3/ref>) ...

, 1844 * ''Estelle et Némorin'', pastorale bouffonne in 2 acts, mingled with singing, with

Michel Delaporte Pierre Michel Delaporte (5 September 1806 – 30 September 1872) was a 19th-century French playwright, painter, lithographer and political caricaturist. Short biography He was educated in Amiens and in 1824 became a student of Jean-Baptiste R ...

, 1844 * ''Le Mal du pays'', drama-vaudeville in 3 parts, with Brisebarre, 1846 * ''Le Retour du conscrit'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1846 * ''Bal et bastringue'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Brisebarre, 1847 * ''Deux loups de mer'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Brisebarre, 1847 * ''Sans dot !'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Brisebarre, 1847 * ''Tantale'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Brisebarre, 1847 * ''Élevés ensemble'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Narcisse Fournier, 1848 * ''L'Été de la Saint-Martin'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Brisebarre, 1848 * ''Le Voyage de Nanette'', drame-vaudeville in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with Brisebarre, 1848 * ''Adrienne de Carotteville, ou La reine de la fantaisie'', parody in un act of the 17th, 33th, 78th, 93th, 96th, 112th, 129th, and 168th episodes of the ''Juif errant'', with

Eugène Nyon Eugène Nyon (16 March 1812 – 29 January 1870 Archives numérisées de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 18ème arrondissement, registre des décès de 1870, acte n° 281, vue 6/3) was a French Vaudeville, vaudevillist and writer, particularl ...

and Brisebarre, 1849 * ''Les Fredaines de Troussard'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Brisebarre and Commerson, 1849 * ''Qui se dispute s'adore'', proverb in 1 act, with

Henry de Kock Paul Henry de Kock, better known as Henry de Kock, (25 April 1819 – 14 April 1892) was a 19th-century French playwright, novelist, and chansonnier, famous for his salacious novels. Biography The son of Paul de Kock, he wrote feuilletons whi ...

, 1850 * ''Un Coin du Palais de Cristal'', à-propos-vaudeville in 1 act and 2 tableaux, with Théodore Faucheur, 1851 * ''Une Soirée agitée'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Faucheur, 1852 * ''Le Bonhomme Dimanche'', revue- féerique in 4 acts and 20 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 ...

and Jules Renard, 1853 * ''Le Carton vivant'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with

Alexandre Flan Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (disambiguation)" * Idálio Ale ...

, 1853 * ''Un Homme seul'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Faucheur, 1853 * ''Un Monsieur seul'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Faucheur, 1853 * ''Où peut-on être mieux ?'', comédie en vaudevilless in 1 act, with Paulin Deslandes, 1853 * ''Le Forgeron de Gretna-Green'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Flan, 1854 * ''Où passerai-je mes soirées ?'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Gaston de Montheau Gaston de Montheau, full name Guy Joseph Gaston de Montheau, (19 January 1828 – 16 February 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and poet. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century including th ...

, 1854 * ''Voilà ce qui vient de paraître'', revue of the year 1854, in 3 acts and 16 tableaux, with Adolphe Guénée, 1854 * ''La Dame aux trois maris'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Guénée, 1855 * ''Dzing ! Boum ! Boum !'', revue de l'Exposition, in 3 acts and 16 tableaux, with Guénée, 1855 * ''L'Enfant du petit monde'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Guénée, 1855 * ''Vous allez voir ce que vous allez voir'', revue of the year 1855, in 3 acts and 16 tableaux, with Guénée, 1855 * ''Allons-y gaiment'', revue of the year 1856, in 3 acts and 14 tableaux, with Guénée, 1856 * ''Les Dragées du 16 mars'', à-propos mingled with couplets, with Guénée, 1856 * ''Si j'étais riche'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Guénée, 1856 * ''En avant, marche !'', revue of the year1857, in 3 acts and 16 tableaux, ''La Guerre des saisons'', prologue, with Guénée, 1857 * ''Petit Bonhomme vit encore'', féerie in 15 tableaux, 1857 * ''Le Premier feu'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Guénée, 1857 * ''Jacquot Renchéri'', parody in 3 tableaux, of the ''Fils naturel'', with Émile Abraham, 1858 * ''La Jeunesse du jour'', play mingled with songs, in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with Eugène de Fère, 1858 * ''Tout Paris y passera'', revue of the year 1858, in 3 acts and 14 tableaux, preceded by ''Paris sur scène'', prologue, with Guénée, 1858 * ''Vingt ans ou la Vie d'un séducteur'', drame-vaudeville in 5 acts, with Deslandes, 1858 * ''L'Éventail de Géraldine'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Ernest Mouchelet and Edgard Chanu, 1859 * ''Le Doigt dans l’œil'', revue of the year 1860, in 3 acts and 20 tableaux, with

Dunan Mousseux Antoine Gadon better known as Dunan Mousseux (1829 – Paris, January 1886) was a 19th-century French journalist, chansonnier and playwright. A director of the ''Halle aux habits'', a shop in the , he launched in theater and had several of his pla ...

, 1860 * ''Les Leçons de Betzy'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Abraham, 1860 * ''Les Piliers de café'', drame-vaudevilles in 4 acts, with Abraham and

Eugène Hugot Jean Pierre Eugène Hugot (22 December 1819, Nîmes – 25 February 1904, Paris)Pierre Larousse, ''Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle'', 1866, (p. 1520) * Alfred Mézières, ''Lettres, sciences, arts: Encyclopédie universelle du XXe'', 1908, (p. 209) * Henry Lyonnet, ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français (ceux d'hier)'', 1910 * Guy Dumur, ''Histoire des spectacles'', 1965, (p. 1893) {{DEFAULTSORT:Potier, Charles 19th-century French male actors French male stage actors 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Male actors from Bordeaux 1806 births 1870 deaths Writers from Bordeaux