Hippolyte Louis Rimbaut (1818–1888) was a 19th-century French playwright. A collaborator with ''

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were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the first half of the 19th century, including the

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, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, and the

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. Contrary to what some sources can write,For example,

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, ''Cartouche ou Les voleurs'', 2003, (p. 338) it was not a pseudonym for

Fulgence de Bury Fulgence de Bury, real name: Joseph Désiré Fulgence de Bury (1 March 1785 – 23 June 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright. A civil servant in the administration, he became known under the pen name Fulgence. His theatre plays were present ...

Works

* ''Diane de Poitiers, ou Deux fous et un roi'', drama in 3 acts, with

Charles Desnoyer Charles-Louis-François Desnoyer, or Desnoyers, (6 April 1806 – 6 February 1858) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager. He also wrote under the pen name Anatole de Beaulieu. Short biography He made his debut as act ...

, 1833 * ''Le Fils de Ninon'', drama in 3 acts, mingled with songs, with

Jacques-François Ancelot Jacques-Arsène-Polycarpe-François Ancelot (9 January 1794 – 7 September 1854) was a French dramatist and litterateur. Biography Born in Le Havre, Ancelot became a clerk in the admiralty, and retained his position until the July Revolu ...

and E. F. Varez, 1834 * ''Angélina'', drama in 3 acts, mingled with songs, 1835 * ''Vaugelas, ou le Ménage d'un savant'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Desnoyer, 1836 * ''L'Honneur de ma mère'', drama in 3 acts, 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 ...

, 1837 * ''Guillaume Norwood, ou Une haine de vieillards'', drama in 3 acts, with

Hippolyte-Jules Demolière Hippolyte-Jules Demolière (3 August 1802 – 26 December 1877) was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright. After he was a secretary in the French Provisional Government of 1848, he held a position within the Secretariat of the Executiv ...

, 1838 * ''Corneille et Richelieu'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Boulé, 1839 * ''Le Marquis de Brancas'', comedy in 3 acts, mingled with songs, after a short story by Alexandre de Lavergne, with Demolière and Laurençot, 1839 * ''Le Sauf conduit'', comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, 1839 * ''L'amie et l'amant, ou La confiance du mari'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with

Charles Potier 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, Charles was an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), ...

, 1840 * ''Les Diners à trente deux sous'', vaudeville in 1 act, with the

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, 1840 * ''Denise, ou l'Avis du ciel'', drama in 5 acts, with Boulé, 1840 * ''Émery le négociant'', drama in 3 acts, with Boulé, 1842 * ''La Fille du diable'', vaudeville fantastique in 1 act, with Salvat, 1847 * ''Marceline la vachère'', drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Laurençot, 1847 * ''Peu s'en fallait'', esquisse de mœurs in 3 tableaux and in verses, 1847 * ''Un coup de pinceau'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, 1848 * ''Entre amis'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Laurençot, 1848 * ''Le Ver luisant, ou la Métempsycose'', féérie in 5 acts and 12 parts, with

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, 1850 * ''Un doigt de vin'', comédie en vaudeville en 1 act, with Achille Bourdois, 1852 * ''Les Postillons de Crèvecoeur'', scènes de la vie de campagne, in 1 act, with Brisebarre, 1853 * ''Trois pour un secret'', scène de la vie de famille, with Brisebarre, 1855 * ''Le Jour du frotteur'', scène de la vie de ménage, with Brisebarre, 1856 * ''Le Professeur des cuisinières'', scènes de la vie de ménage, with Brisebarre, 1856 * ''La Chasse au sorcier'', comedy in 3 acts, 1859 * ''Le Dompteur de femmes'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Deslandes, 1859 * ''Taureau le brasseur'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Adolphe Salvat Jean Frédéric Adolphe Salvat, died in Paris in 1876, was a 19th-century French playwright. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Antoine, ...

, 1859 * ''L'Avocat des dames'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, 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 di ...

, 1864 * ''Le Cadeau d'un horloger'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1866 * ''Les Chambres de bonnes'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Deslandes, 1868 * ''Une fausse joie'', comedy in 1 act, with Deslandes, 1869 * ''Le Commandant Frochard'', comedy in 3 acts, with Deslandes, 1873 * ''Les Échéances d'Angèle'', comedy in 1 act, with

Alfred Delacour Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...

, 1878

Bibliography

Joseph Marie Quérard Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic count ...

, ''La littérature française contemporaine: 1827-1849'', 1857, (p. 190) * Michel Autrand, ''Le théâtre en France de 1870 à 1914'', 2006, (p. 266) et (p. 648)

References

19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1818 births 1888 deaths {{France-writer-stub