Desvergers, real name Armand-Sacré Chapeau, (1794 –

3rd arrondissement of Paris The 3rd arrondissement of Paris (, ) is one of the 20 (districts) of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is colloquially referred to as "" () meaning "the third". Its postal code is 75003. It is governed locally to ...

26 June 1851 ) was a 19th-century French

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Biography

Little is known about Desvergers's life except the few lines that were dedicated to him by the media, in particular on the occasion of his death, as in ''Le Nouvelliste'' 1 July 1851: It is also known that he married Hélène-Elisa Rachel, 12 December 1822 in the 10th and had at least one son, Étienne-Armand-Albert, born 27 March 1827,

Works

He wrote over a hundred vaudevilles, alone or in collaboration, between 1824 and 1848. * 1824 (3 August): ''L'Anneau de Gygès'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act with Arago at the

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* 1826 (9 March): ''Lia, ou une Nuit d'absence'', drama-vaudeville in 2 acts with Arago at the Théâtre du Vaudeville, au bénéfice des incendiés de Salins * 1827 (16 June): ''L'Avocat'',

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in 3 acts and

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with Arago at the

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* 1827 (27 July): ''Le Départ, séjour et retour'', roman-vaudeville in 3 periods with

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and Arago at the

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* 1828 (18 March): ''Yelva, ou l'Orpheline russe'' vaudeville in 2 parts with

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and

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at the Théâtre de Madame * 1828 (16 July): ''La Matinée aux contre-temps'' comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Duvert and Victor at the Théâtre des Nouveautés * 1830 (3 March): ''Arwed, ou les Représailles, épisode de la guerre d'Amérique'', drama in 2 acts mingled with

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s with Varin and Arago at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1831: ''Les jeunes bonnes et les vieux garçons'', comédie-vaudeville with Varin; Théâtre Palais-Royal, 15 October. The play was translated into the Russian language by

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and was part of the repertoire of the Russian imperial theatres * 1833 (15 February): ''Une Passion'' vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin and ** at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1833 (16 February): ''Une Répétition générale'' vaudeville in 1 act, with Scribe and Varin at the Théâtre du Gymnase * 1833 : ''Les femmes d’emprunt'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin. Le vaudeville a été traduit en russe by Piotr Karatyguine and was part of the repertoire in the Russian imperial theaters; en 2001 en Russie a été créé le film " ''Le Menteur Paleface'' " sur la base de ce vaudeville, the director was Vitaly Moskalenko * 1834 (2 April): ''Théophile, ou Ma vocation'' comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin et Arago at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1834 (25 January): ''Les Malheurs d'un joli garçon'' vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin and Arago at the Théâtre du Vaudeville. The vaudeville was translated into the Russian language by Pavel Feodorov and P.I. Valverch * 1834 (18 November): ''Georgette'' comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin and

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at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1834 : ''Ma femme et mon parapluie'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Laurencin and Varin. The vaudeville was translated into the Russian language by Piotr Karatyguine and was part of the repertoire of the imperial Russian theaters. * 1835 (10 February): ''Les pages de Bassompierre'', with Varin and Arago at the Théâtre du Vaudeville. The play was translated into the Russian language by

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and was part of the repertoire of the Russian Imperial theaters * 1836 (2 January): ''Le Oui fatal, ou le Célibataire sans le savoir'' comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin * 1836 (15 July): ''Le Chapître des informations'', comedy in 1 act, with Varin at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1836 : ''Un bal du grand monde'', vaudeville, with Charles Varin; Théâtre du Vaudeville (7 June). The vaudeville was translated into the Russian language by Pavel Feodorov * 1836 (20 June): ''Balthasar, ou le Retour d'Afrique'' vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin and Derville at the Théâtre des Variétés * 1836 (20 July): ''Casanova au Fort Saint-André'' vaudeville in 3 acts, with Varin and Arago at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1836 (22 October): ''Le Tour de France, ou un An de travail'' vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine * 1836 (30 October): ''Feu mon frère'' comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique * 1837 (21 September): ''Le Tourlourou'' vaudeville in 5 acts, with Varin and

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at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1837 (2 December): ''Mal noté dans le quartier'' tableau populaire in 1 act, with Hippolyte Leroux at the Théâtre du Vaudeville * 1838 (30 July): ''La Cachuca, ou Trois cœurs tout neufs'' vaudeville with Martin and

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at the Théâtre du Gymnase * 1838 (9 September): ''L'Ouverture de la chasse'' tableau-vaudeville in 1 act with Gustave Albitte at the

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* 1839 (28 January): ''La Gitana'' vaudeville in 3 acts with Laurencin at the Théâtre du Gymnase * 1839 (15 July): ''Les brodequins de Lise'' vaudeville in 1 act with Laurencin and

Gustave Vaëz Jean-Nicolas-Gustave Van Nieuwen-Huysen (known as Gustave Vaëz) (6 December 1812 – 12 March 1862) was a Belgian playwright, librettist, translator of opera libretti., and opera director. He wrote many stage plays and opera libretti in colla ...

at the Théâtre du Gymnase. The vaudeville was translated into the Russian language by Piotr Karatyguine and was part of the repertoire of the Russian imperial theaters * 1845 (12 February): ''L'Article 170, ou un Mariage à l'étranger'' comedy in 2 acts with Louis Dugard at the Théâtre royal de l'Odéon * 1847 (22 May): ''Barbe-Bleue, ou la Fée Perruchette'', féérie-vaudeville in 3 acts and 15 tableaux with Aimé Bourdon, music by Joseph-Simon Lautz Lautz, died in Paris in 1856, was a composer of music for vaudeville. He was head of the music office at the Théâtre of the Palais-Royal. at the Gymnase des Jeunes-Élèves.

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