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François-Pierre-Auguste Léger
François-Pierre-Auguste Léger (Bernay, Eure, 16 March 1766 – Paris, 28 March 1823) was an 18th–19th-century French playwright. Short biography The son of a surgeon, he became a tutor for sons of the bourgeoisie then left teaching to join a troupe of actors at the theaters du Vaudeville (1790–1797) and des Troubadours (1797–1800). He played the roles of lovers and fools and also started writing, playing in the first plays he wrote such as ''L'Auteur d'un moment'' that made him known to the public. After seven years at the Vaudeville, it passed to the Troubadours of which he became deputy director until bankruptcy forced the theatre to closed down on 1 March 1800. After he became a teacher of literature and morality in a ladies boarding school (1801), he obtained a position of clerk of court in Saint-Denis but continued to have his plays presented at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre-Français, the Théâtre de la Gaîté or the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernay, Eure
Bernay () is a commune in the west of the Eure department in Northern France. In 2012, Bernay was designated one of the French Towns and Lands of Art and History. Geography Bernay is in the valley of the Charentonne, a tributary of the Risle, about west from Évreux. The city is on the border of the Pays d'Ouche and the Lieuvin. Bernay station has rail connections to Caen, Évreux, Paris, Rouen, Deauville and Lisieux. History The name Bernay is rooted in 5th century Roman settlement Brinnacu, from the Latin ''Brinnacum'' ("braided"), reflecting the marshy braided river land that the original settlement was built on.François de Beaurepaire, ''Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de l'Eure'', éditions Picard, 1981. The city has expanded around the River Charentonne, shielded by the incline to highlands ("les Monts") at the top of the Charentonne valley. The town has grown to encompass a portion of the smaller Cosnier, a tributary of the Charentonne. Between 996 and 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noël Aubin
Noël Aubin (23 December 1754 in Tours – 18 August 1835 in Tours) was an 18th/19th-century French bookseller-publisher and playwright. The son of a waxmaster whose profession he first continued, he was arrested in Tours and released in then established himself as publisher and bookseller in Paris (1795), working in association with printer-bookseller J.-M. Chevet. Between 1799 and 1802, he published several comedies under the pen names Desfougerais or Desfougerets and published (1793–1797) and translated (1795–1802) various works, especially by British authors such as James Harrington, William Cooke or Oliver Goldsmith. His own plays were then given at the Théâtre du Vaudeville. He put an end at his bookselling activity (1814), and returned to Tours where he published, as well in Blois and Loches, several theatre plays. He died in Tours in August 1835. Works *1798: ''Le Rosier'', song, music by Émile Deschamps *1799: ''Le Déménagement du Salon ou le Portrait de Gil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ménétrier
Charles Ménétrier (born 1804 at Vimont (Calvados) - 19 May 1888) was a French theater critic as well as a playwright. A journalist working for ''La Tribune'', ''L'Entr'acte'', '' Le Magasin pittoresque'' and the ''Revue et Gazette des Théâtres'', and a friend of Camille Corot, Rodolphe Walter, Élisabeth Foucart-Walter, ''Corot à Mantes'', 1997, he wrote under the pen name Charles Listener. His plays were presented on the stage of the Gymnase-Enfantin. Works *1833 : ''Caliban, par deux ermites de Ménilmontant rentrés dans le monde'', with Édouard Pouyat *1836 : ''Le cœur d'une mère'', one-act comédie en vaudeville, with Xavier Veyrat *1837 : ''Le Nabab, ou la Sœur des anges'', one-act comedy, mingled with songs *1840 : ''Arthur de Bretagne'', épisode de l'histoire d'Angleterre (1202), in 1 act, mingled with songs *1841 : ''Un bal d'enfants'', one-act comédie en vaudeville *1842 : ''Les Enfants d'Armagnac'', épisode de l'histoire de Paris, 1418, in 1 act mingled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel-Alexandre Belle
Gabriel-Alexandre Belle (4 March 1782 – 20 October 1855) was a 19th-century French writer and playwright. Belle was honoured by being made a . Biography A former commissioner of war, a member of the Soupers de Momus, an editor at the ''La Nouveauté'' newspaper, Director of the magazine ''Discours prononcé à la séance publique de la Société académique des Enfans d'Apollon'', his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Works *1807: ''La paix ou l'heureux retour'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Paul Ledoux *1811: ''Ode, stances et pot-pourri sur la naissance de S. M. le Roi de Rome'' *1817: ''Femme à vendre, ou le Marché écossais'', folie in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Paul Gentilhomme *1818: ''Crillon et Bussy d'Amboise'', historical fact in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Gentilhomme *1818: ''M. Sans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc-Antoine Désaugiers
Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (1742 – 10 September 1793) was a French composer of numerous operas as well as a cantata on the storming of the Bastille and several pieces of sacred music. He was born in Fréjus. He studied music there but was largely an autodidact. Désaugiers settled in Paris in 1774 where he first came to prominence with his French translation of Giovanni Battista Mancini's ''Pensieri e riflessioni pratiche sopra il canto figurato''. His translation, published in 1776 under the title ''L'Art du chant figuré'', was much admired by Gluck who became his close friend. Désaugiers died in Paris. His son, Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers (17 November 1772 – 9 August 1827) was a French composer, dramatist, and songwriter. Désaugiers is easily confused in historical writings with his father, Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (b. Fréjus, 1742 – d. Pari ... was also a composer. References 1742 births 1793 deaths People from Fréjus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Servières
Joseph Servières (20 July 1781 – 3 February 1826online archive of the City of Paris, reconstructed civil status, fiche n° 6/5/ref>) was an early 19th-century French playwright. Biography Servieres made good studies in his hometown and came very young to Paris, where upon his arrival he gave several Play (theatre), theatre plays which had some success. He was noticed by Lucien Bonaparte, then interior minister, but soon fell into Napoleon's disfavor. In 1807, he married Eugénie Charen, the stepdaughter of the painter Lethière, who was herself a distinguished artist. He then accompanied to Italy his stepfather who had been appointed director of the French School in Rome, where he met Lucien, a longtime friend and confidant of Lethière. Servières returned to Paris in 1812 and obtained a position in the public treasury. Under the Restoration, he was appointed a public auditor at the Court of Audit on 8 September 1818. He kept on writing plays until his death. Works *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodrama
A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or excessively sentimental, rather than action. Characters are often flat, and written to fulfill stereotypes. Melodramas are typically set in the private sphere of the home, focusing on morality and family issues, love, and marriage, often with challenges from an outside source, such as a "temptress", a scoundrel, or an aristocratic villain. A melodrama on stage, filmed, or on television is usually accompanied by dramatic and suggestive music that offers cues to the audience of the drama being presented. In scholarly and historical musical contexts, ''melodramas'' are Victorian dramas in which orchestral music or song was used to accompany the action. The term is now also applied to stage performances without incidental music, novels, films, tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Charles Guilbert De Pixérécourt
René ('' born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name ( Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René (sometimes spelled without an accent) to girls as well as boys. In addition, both forms are used as surnames (family names). René as a first name given to boys in the United States reached its peaks in popularity in 1969 and 1983 when it ranked 256th. Since 1983 its popularity has steadily declined and it ranked 881st in 2016. René as a first name given to girls in the United States reached its peak in popularity in 1962 when it ranked 306th. The last year for which René was ranked in the top 1000 names given to girls in the United States was 1988. Persons with the given name * René, Duke of Anjou (1409–1480), titular king of Nap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Creuzé De Lesser
Baron Auguste Creuzé de Lesser (3 October 1771 – 14 August 1839) was a French poet, playwright, librettist and politician. Works *1790: ''Satires de Juvenal, traduction en prose'' *1796: ''Le Seau enlevé, poème héroï-comique, imitated from Tassoni, suivi d'un choix des stances les plus intéressantes de l'auteur italien et de quelques poésies'' *1806: ''Voyage en Italie et en Sicile, fait en 1801 et 1802'' at Gallica *1811: ''La Table ronde'', poem *1812: ''Roland'', poem *1813: ''Amadis de Gaule, poème, faisant suite à la Table ronde'' *1814: '', romances espagnoles imitées en romances françaises'' *1825: ''Apologues' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel-Pascal Buhan
Jean (or Joseph)-Michel-Pascal Buhan (17 April 1770 – 24 February 1822) was an 18th-century French lawyer, poet, polemist and playwright. Biography The son of a lawyer, trustee prosecutor of Bordeaux, he became himself a lawyer in his hometown and began to plead in 1792. In March 1793, he decided to engage in the Vendee armies in a volunteer battalion from Gironde and there became general Boulard's aide. Suffering from significant sight difficulties, he joined the administration in charge of military transport and army convoys in the western Pyrenees. As one of the propagators of the resistance in the Midi departments, he was outlawed at the Convention for the defense of the Girondins. After the , he moved to Paris in the Minister of Defence as chief of correspondence. Thanks to various encounters he made in that position, he launched into literature. He left a few comedies and poems published in papers as well as polemical works. After the Coup of 18 Brumaire, he became a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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