Louis Ponet (1776 in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

– May 1845 in Paris) called Portelette, was a French novelist and

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Readin ...

during the first half of the 19th century. The son of a cook, he joined as an employee in the Treasury and then entered the administration of the Cirque-Olympique. His plays were presented inter alia at the

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in 1827 was destroyed by fire. A ...

and the Cirque-Olympique.

Works

*1801: ''La Vaccine'', folie-vaudeville, in 1 act and in

prose Prose is language that follows the natural flow or rhythm of speech, ordinary grammatical structures, or, in writing, typical conventions and formatting. Thus, prose ranges from informal speaking to formal academic writing. Prose differs most n ...

, with Charles François Jean Baptiste Moreau, 1801 *1801: ''L'Hermite de vingt ans'', novel *1801: ''Les Flibustiers ou la Prise de Panama'',

melodrama A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on ...

in 2 acts *1802: ''Aménaïde, ou les martyrs de la foi'', historical novel *1802: ''Adolphe et Jenny'', historical fact *1803: ''La Fausse Isaure, ou Le château des Alpes'', drama in 3 acts, in prose and

extravaganza An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of Victorian burlesque, and pantomime, in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. The term is derived from th ...

*1803: ''Fanchon toute seule, ou Un moment d'humeur'',

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...

in 1 act *1805: ''Jules et Améline, ou l'Orphelin de Venise'', novel *1806: ''Se fâchera-t-il ? ou le Pari imprudent'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles *1806: ''Statira, ou les Frères ambitieux'', melodrama in 3 acts *1806: ''M. Botte tout seul, ou le Savetier bel-esprit'', vaudeville in 1 act *1812: ''Le Jeune major, ou la Prise de Berg-op-Zoom'', novel *1814: ''Les femmes parisiennes, ou, Le furet de société'', novel *1821: ''Le Petit Georges, ou la Croix d'honneur'', comédy in 1 act, with

Ferdinand Laloue Ferdinand Laloue (1794 in Passy – 27 September 1850) was a French dramatist, librettist and theatre producer. Administrator of the Théâtre du Cirque-Olympique, he also was director of the Hippodrome and the théâtre des Délassements comique ...

*1823: ''Le Quartier du Temple ou Mon ami Beausoleil'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Benjamin Antier *1823: ''La lettre anonyme'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Charles-Maurice Descombes and Henri Franconi *1823: ''Le pâtre'', melodrama in 2 acts, with H. Franconi *1824: ''Le Grenier du poète'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Antier *1824: ''Les hussards, ou le maréchal des logis piémontais'', mimodrama in 2 acts *1825: ''Le vieillard, ou la révélation'', melodrama in 2 acts *1826: ''La liquidation'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Antier *1828: ''Le Drapeau'', military melodrama in 2 acts, with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Adolphe Franconi

Bibliography

* Joseph Marie Quérard, ''La France littéraire, ou Dictionnaire bibliographique des savants...'', volume 7, 1835, * Antoine-Alexandre Barbier, Olivier Alexandre Barbier, Paul , ''Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes'', 1875, 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French novelists 1776 births Writers from Paris 1845 deaths {{france-novelist-stub