Henry Vannoy, real name Alexandre Henri Alanic (c. 1819 –

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, 1 November 1889), was a 19th-century French male actor and playwright. A male actor at the Théâtre de l'Odéon where he distinguished himself in the role of Cocardasse in '' Le Bossu'', from 1850 he became one of the main comedians of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. He also contributed to the writing of some boulevard plays.

Works

*1851: ''Le Colporteur'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, 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 ...

, *1875: ''La Vie de Trombalgo'', *1875: ''À Sa Majesté la reine Isabelle, Les Deux cousins''

Bibliography

* Henry Lyonnet, ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français (ceux d'hier)'', 1910 * Georges d'Heylli, ''Dictionnaire des pseudonymes'', 1977, (p. 447) * Michael Peschke, ''Encyclopédie Internationale des Pseudonymes'', 2006, (p. 34) 19th-century French male actors French male stage actors 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1810s births 1889 deaths {{France-stage-actor-stub