Ferdinand Langlé, full name Joseph-Adophe-Adrien-Ferdinand Langlois, (21 November 1798 – 18 October 1867) was a 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 ...
and
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 ...
.
He was the founder of the company.
Biography
Joseph Langlois is the son of
Honoré Langlé (1741-1807), French composer from Monaco.
After he studied medicine, he directed the "Compagnie générale des sépultures" before he established the "Entreprise générale des pompes funèbres" in 1828.
He then turned to literature. Under the pseudonyms Ferdinand, Eusèbe or Charles Odry,
[Georges d'Heilly] he wrote articles in several French newspapers as well as a certain number of
theater plays which were rather successful. He also published two anonymous works in old French: ''Les Contes du gay sçavoir, ballades, fabliaux et traditions du moyen âge'' (1828) and ''L’Historial du jongleur, chroniques et légendes françaises'' (1829).
Langlé died in 1867 aged 68, and was buried at
Père-Lachaise Cemetery (13th division).
[
Two of his sons, Aylic (1827-1870) and Marie-Ange-Ferdinand (? – 1908), were also playwrights and journalists.
]
Publications
*1822: ''Une journée à Montmorency'', tableau-vaudeville in one act by 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 o ...
, Ramond and Ferdinand
*1825: ''Apollon II, ou les Muses à Paris''
*1836: ''Maître Pathelin''
*1836: ''Venise au 6e étage''
*1836: ''la Manie des bals masqués''
*1839: ''La Jacquerie'', opéra in four acts by Ferdinand Langlé and Alboize, music by Joseph Mainzer
References
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19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Paris
1798 births
1867 deaths
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery