Jean-Gilbert Ymbert (6 January 1786 – 9 August 1846) was a French playwright of the first half of the 19th century. Master of request at the

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and conseiller général for the

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department, he wrote satirical pieces and

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s. His

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were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the

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, the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique, and the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. His son

Théodore Ymbert Henri Théodore Ymbert (10 July 1827 in Auteuil, Yvelines – 22 September 1894 at Bourbonne-les-Bains) was a French lawyer and composer. Life and career Théodore Ymbert was the son of the dramatist Jean-Gilbert Ymbert, who also practised as a ...

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Works

*1816: ''Des Dénonciateurs et des dénonciations'', with Antoine-François Varner *1816: ''L'Art d'obtenir des places, ou la Clef des ministères, ouvrage dédié aux gens sans emploi et aux solliciteurs de toutes les classes'' *1817: ''Le Mari sans le savoir'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Varner *1817: ''Le Solliciteur, ou l'Art d'obtenir des places'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with

Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...

*1818: ''Éloquence militaire, ou l'Art d'émouvoir le soldat, d'après les plus illustres exemples tirés des armées des différents peuples et principalement d'après les proclamations, harangues, discours et paroles mémorables des généraux et officiers français, par une Société de militaires et d'hommes de lettres'' *1818: ''L'Obligeant, ou la Fureur d'être utile'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Varner *1820: ''Le Dîner de garçons'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with

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s, with Varner *1820: ''L'Homme automate'', folie-parade mingled with couplets, with Varner *1820: ''Le Propriétaire sans propriété'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varner *1820: ''Trottin, ou le Retour du sérail'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varner *1821: ''L'Art du ministre, par une ex-Excellence'' *1822: ''L'art de faire des dettes et de promener ses créanciers'' *1822: ''La Marchande de coco, ou Les projets de réforme'', folie-grivoise in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Varner *1823: ''Le Faubourien, ou le Philibert de la rue Mouffetard'', comédie grivoise in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Varner *1823: ''L'Intérieur d'un bureau, ou la Chanson'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Scribe and Varner *1823: ''Le Précepteur dans l'embarras'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varner *1824: ''L'Art de promener ses créanciers, ou Complément de l'Art de faire des dettes, par un homme comme il faut .-G. Ymbert dédié aux gens destitués, réformés, aux victimes des révolutions et des changements de ministères passés, présents et à venir'' *1825: ''Mœurs administratives'', 2 vols. *1825: ''Bureaucratie'' *1825: ''Le Sous-chef, ou la Famille Gautier'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1825: ''La Ville neutre, ou le Bourgmestre de Neustadt'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varner *1825: ''Le Provincial sans emploi, ou les Bureaux de placements, avis aux solliciteurs de toutes les classes et de tous les pays qui se servent du ministère des agents d'affaires'' *1828: ''La Nourrice sur lieu'', scènes de famille, mingled with couplets, with

Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer, journalist, dramatist and theatre director. Jouslin de La Salle was administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the théât ...

, Louis Gabriel Montigny and

Théodore Nézel Théodore Nézel (25 February 1799 – 23 May 1854) was a 19th-century French playwright and Libretto, librettist. An employee at the ministry of public instruction, he was appointed managing director of the Théâtre du Panthéon in 1838. His ...

*1833: ''Allocution prononcée par M. Ymbert pour l'inauguration de la statue de Jean Racine à La Ferté-Milon'', 29 September 1833 *1834: ''Nouvelle manifestation de l'opinion publique, ou Premiers résultats des réélections dans la garde nationale de Paris'' *1836: ''Question d'administration financière... Une main pour recevoir le milliard et une autre main pour le payer, ou faut-il supprimer les payeurs-contrôleurs de département ?'' *1838: ''L'An VIII et l'an 1838 ou Causeries familières à la portée de tous les contribuables sur cette question : les conseils généraux de département et d'arrondissement doivent-ils avoir plus de libertés qu'il y a trente-sept ans ? avec examen détaillé du projet de loi présenté à la Chambre des députés sur les attributions des conseils généraux et d'arrondissement''

Bibliography

* Ernest Desplaces,

Louis Gabriel Michaud Louis-Gabriel Michaud (; 19 January 1773, Castle Richemont – 8 March 1858) was a French writer, historian, printer, and bookseller. He was notable as the compiler of ''Biographie Universelle'' (1811–). Life He became a lieutenant on 15 Jul ...

, ''Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne'', 1843, *

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, ''Dictionnaire historique de la France'', 1872, * ''Le Conseil d'État, son histoire à travers les documents d'époque, 1799-1974 : catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Palais-Royal 22-28 janvier 1975, à l'occasion de la présentation de l'ouvrage'', 1975,

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