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Ernest Jaime
Jean-François-Ernest Jaime (28 April 1804 – 7 June 1884) was a French watercolourist, lithographer, art historian and playwright. He was the father of dramatist Adolphe Jaime (1824–1901). He collaborated to ''Le Figaro'' and '' La Caricature''. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century: Variétés, Gaîté, Palais-Royal, etc. He also authored some songs. Works Theatre *1832: ''La Sylphide'', drama in 2 acts mixed with song, with Jules Seveste *1832: ''Le Chevreuil'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Léon Halévy *1832: ''Folbert, ou le Mari de la cantatrice'', comedy in 1 act mixed with song, with Halévy *1832: ''Une course en fiacre'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts *1832: ''Le Grand Seigneur et la Paysanne, ou Une leçon d'égalité'', comedy in 2 acts mixed with song, with Halévy and de Leuven *1832: ''Grillo, ou le Prince et le banquier'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Halévy *1832: ''La M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théophile Marion Dumersan
Théophile Marion Dumersan (4 January 1780, Plou, Cher – 13 April 1849, Paris) was a French writer of plays, vaudevilles, poetry, novels, chanson collections, librettos, and novels, as well as a numismatist and curator attached to the Cabinet des médailles et antiques of the Bibliothèque royale. Life The family's real surname was Marion but – to distinguish himself from his brothers – Théophile's brother altered his surname to "du Mersan", after the name of one of its lands. The young Théophile had already found a taste for the theatre by 1795 by learning to read Racine and Molière. In that year, aged 16, whilst his family was distressed by the Reign of Terror, Théophile found work under Aubin-Louis Millin de Grandmaison, curator of the Cabinet des médailles et antiques de la Bibliothèque royale. With his colleague Théodore-Edme Mionnet, future member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, he perfected a new system for classifying medals into geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix-Auguste Duvert
Félix-Auguste Duvert (12 January 1795 – 19 October 1876) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist. Biography Félix-Auguste Duvert was first a soldier. A volunteer in 1811 among the riflemen of the young guard, he then was part of a regiment of dragoons that he left only after the dismissal of the Armée de la Loire. In 1823, he made his debut as a playwright at the Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique with ''Les Frères de lait'', a one-act comédie en vaudeville cowritten with Édouard Nicole. He would afterwards collaborate primarily with Paul Duport, Saintine, Étienne Arago, Charles Dupeuty and Charles Varin. But from 1830, his name was inseparably linked to that of his son in law, Augustin de Lauzanne. The latter's share in the development of their works was the backbone of the plot, the outlining of the characters and imagination of the '' quiproquos''. The duo would produce a very great number of successful "follies" for over forty years. Duvert also wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Bayard
Jean-François Alfred Bayard (17 March 1796, Charolles, Saône-et-Loire – 20 February 1853, Paris) was a French playwright. He was the nephew of fellow playwright Eugène Scribe. Life As a law student and a lawyer's clerk, Bayard wrote with passion for the theatre and, after several attempts, had a great success at the Gymnase theatre, with ''la Reine de seize ans'' (1828, in-8°). One of the most fertile-minded and skilful vaudeville writers of his era, he made a close friendship with Eugène Scribe, often collaborating with him on plays and marrying his niece. Belonging to the school of Dancourt and Picard, he wrote with extreme ease, producing more than 200 plays for several theatres, sometimes alone, sometimes in collaboration. Many of his plays were remarked upon for their witty cheerfulness, and for not excluding sensitivity and everything else that was in vogue in the 19th century. He most often wrote vaudevilles, though he also had success with drama and even high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules-Édouard Alboize De Pujol
Jules-Édouard Alboize de Pujol (1805, Montpellier – 9 April 1854, Paris) was a French historian and playwright. Director of the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Montmartre, Alboize Pujol wrote several dramas and comedies, either alone or in collaboration. Selected works Publications *''Christiern de Danemark, ou les masques noirs,'' with Paul Foucher, Paris, Marchant, 1836. *''La Guerre des servantes,'' a drama in five acts and seven tableaux, with Charles Emmanuel Theaulon and Jean Harel, 26 August 1837. *''L’Idiote,'' a drama in three acts and in prose, performed in the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Antoine, 2 December 1837, Paris, JN Barba, 1837. *''Le Tribut des cent vierges,'' Bernard Lopez, E. Duverger, performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté, Paris, Sn, 1841. *''Marie Simon,'' a drama in five acts, with Saint-Yves, Paris, 1852. *''Les Chevaux du carrousel, ou le Dernier jour de Venise,'' a drama in five acts, with Paul Foucher, Paris, Dondey Widow Dupre . d. Librettos * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumanoir
Philippe François Pinel, known as Dumanoir (31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist. Biography Dumanoir was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe. He was the son of Mrs. Pinel-Dumanoir, whose family planted the palm trees lining the ''Allée Dumanoir'' in Guadeloupe. He left Guadeloupe in 1816. Dumanoir wrote in the theatrical genre of Comédie en vaudevilles. He was director of the Théâtre des Variétés from 1837 to 1839. In 1844, he wrote in collaboration with Adolphe d'Ennery, an eponymous drama about Don César de Bazan, one of the characters in ''Ruy Blas'' by Victor Hugo. He died in Pau. List of major works Plays * 1842: ''Le Chevalier d'Éon'', comedy in 3 acts, (with Jean-François Bayard), Théâtre des Variétés * 1839: ''Les Premières Armes de Richelieu'' (with Jean-François Bayard), Théâtre du Palais Royal * 1840: ''Indiana et Charlemagne'' (with Jean-François Bayard), Théâtre du Palais Royal * 1842: ''Ma ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Arago
Étienne Vincent Arago (9 February 1802 – 7 March 1892) was a French writer and politician, and co-founder (with Maurice Alhoy) of the newspaper ''Le Figaro''. Early life Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers. His parents were François Bonaventure Arago (1754–1814) and Marie Arago (1755–1845). He entered the École Polytechnique but left due to involvement with the Carbonari. Career He pursued literary interests and was an acquaintance of Honoré de Balzac (they co-wrote an unsuccessful novel). In 1829, he became director of the Théâtre du Vaudeville; it closed in 1838, leaving him with considerable debts. In February 1848, during the Revolution of that year, he became director of the national post office. He was active in political movements and opposed Napoleon III, and was in exile in Belgium from 1849 to 1859. He briefly served as mayor of Paris, for two months in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War. Later, he was involved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulin Deslandes
Paul Deslandes, full name Nicolas Théodore Paulin Deslandes, (1806 – 25 April 1866) was a 19th-century French playwright. A singer at the Opéra Comique where he made his debut 3 April 1832, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre de l'Ambigu etc. He is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. The bronze bust of E. Levêque adorning his tomb was beheaded by vandals. Works *1833: ''Étienne et Robert'', drame populaire in 1 act, mingled with cou ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 of Rome which brought him thanks from Napoleon himself. In 1814 he sang for the Bourbons and put on his first play, ''Les Clefs de Paris, ou le Dessert d’Henri IV'' (The Keys of Paris, or the Deservings of Henry IV), in their honour. In 1815, he composed and organised the posting of proclamations in honour of Louis XVIII. He collaborated on the royalist journals ''Le Nain rose'', ''La Foudre'', ''L’Apollon''. Selected works Above all during the Bourbon restoration, he wrote and put on a large number (sometimes alone, sometimes with collaborators), 250 according to one account. Written extremely quickly, most of them are only sketches, whose style often leaves something to be desired but which do not lack wit and beauty. He wrote two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Pittaud De Forges
Auguste Pittaud de Forges (5 April 1803 (15 germinal an XI) – 28 September 1881,) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography His full name was Philippe-Auguste-Alfred Pittaud. He began his literary career under the pseudonyms Deforges, de Forge or Desforges. In 1861, he was authorized by imperial decree to officially join to his family name that of de Forges,Georges d'Heylli, Pittaud de Forges», ''Dictionnaire des pseudonymes'', Dentu, Paris, 1887, (p. 353), at Gallica. He also used the pen name Paul de Lussan He wrote many vaudevilles in collaboration with Adolphe de Leuven, Emmanuel Théaulon, Jean-François Bayard, Louis-Émile Vanderburch, Clairville, Adrien Robert, as well as librettos of several opéras comiques and operettas for Jacques Offenbach such as '' L'alcôve'', opéra comique in 1 act (1847), ''Luc et Lucette'', opéra comique in 1 act (1854), ''Paimpol et Périnette'', saynète in 1 act (1855), '' Le 66'', operetta in 1 act (1856), ''Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cogniard Brothers
The Cogniard brothers were two French brothers who worked as playwrights and theatre directors, producing an incalculable number of vaudevilles, reviews, féeries and operettas. The elder of the two was Charles-Théodore or Théodore Cogniard (30 April 1806 - 13 May 1872) and the younger was Jean-Hippolyte or Hippolyte Cogniard (28 November 1807 – 6 February 1882) Both brothers were born and died in Paris. Career Nicknamed "les jumeaux siamois du vaudeville" (the Siamese twins of vaudeville),Huart (1839) they headed the théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin from 1840 to 1845. In 1845 Hippolyte took sole charge of the Théâtre du Vaudeville, then of the Théâtre des Variétés from 1854 to 1869, where he instituted a repertoire solely consisting of operettas. It was under Hippolyte's leadership that Jacques Offenbach created his best known works : ''La Belle Hélène'', '' Barbe-Bleue'', ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein'' and ''La Périchole''. In 1869, on behalf of his son L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
