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Jenny Vertpré
Jenny Vertpré, real name Françoise Fanny Vausgien, (6 September 1797 – 3 November 1865) was a 19th-century French stage actress. Still a child, she performed under the name Jenny at the Théâtre du Vaudeville then became a leading actress of the Théâtre des Variétés (1821-1825) then of the Théâtre du Gymnase (1825-1834). Theatre manager of the St James's Theatre in London, she still performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1839, the year when she eventually retired. She married Pierre Carmouche in 1832. Roles * 1811: Princess Abricotine in '' Riquet à la houpe'' by Antoine Simonnin, Théâtre de la Gaîté * 1818: Simplette in ''Le Petit Chaperon rouge'' by Frédéric Dupetit-Méré and Nicolas Brazier, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin * 1820: Lovette in ''Le Vampire'' by Charles Nodier, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin * 1826: Poleska in ''La Lune de miel'' by Eugène Scribe, Mélesville and Carmouche, Théâtre du Gymnase * 1826: Madame Pinchon in ''Le M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
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Antoine-François Varner
Antoine-François Varner (23 April 1789, in Paris – 5 September 1854, in 3rd arrondissement of Paris) was a 19th-century French vaudevillist. Short biography After he finished his studies at Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris, Varner served for a while in the dragoons. He then joined the army and took part to the French invasion of Russia as deputy commissioner of war. Unemployed under the Bourbon Restoration, he devoted himself to literature and composed comédies en vaudeville, either alone or in collaboration with Scribe, Ymbert, Bayard, Mélesville, Dupin, Delestre-Poirson, Dartois, Le Roux, Brazier, Duvert, Lauzanne, Deslandes and Prémaray. After 1830, Varner obtained a position as chief clerk at the Prefecture of the Seine, a position that he lost after the French Revolution of 1848. Works *1817: ''Le Solliciteur, ou l'Art d'obtenir des places'', one-act comedy mingled with vaudevilles (Eugène Scribe, Dupin, Varner, Ymbert, Delestre-Poirson), Théâtre des Var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Stage Actresses
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19th-century French Actresses
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Henry Lyonnet
Henry Lyonnet, real name Alfred Copin, (1853 - 4 February 1933) was a French writer. He is mostly known for his studies on the history of theatre, and specifically for his ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français''. Main works under the name Alfred Copin : * ''Histoire des comédiens de la troupe de Molière'', Paris, L. Frinzine, 1886. * ''Études dramatiques. Talma et la Révolution'', Paris, L. Frinzine, 1887. * ''Études dramatiques. Talma et l'Empire'', Paris, L. Fruizine, 1887. * ''Les Maisons historiques de Paris'', Paris, A. Dupret, 1888. Under the pseudonym Henry Lyonnet : * ''À travers l'Espagne inconnue'', Barcelone, Richardin, R. Lamm et Cie, 1896. * ''Le Théâtre hors de France. 1 série : Le Théâtre en Espagne'', Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1897. * ''Le Théâtre hors de France. 2 série : Le Théâtre au Portugal'', Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1898. * ''Le Théâtre hors de France. 3 série : Le Théâtre en Italie'', Paris, P. Ollendorff, 1900. * ''Le Théâtre hors de Fr ... [...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] |
Edmond-Denis De Manne
Jean Louis Edmond Saint-Edme De Manne, known under the name Edmond-Denis De Manne, (18 August 1801 in Paris – 6 May 1877 in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright and journalist. De Manne was a member of the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques SACD, founded as Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques ( en, Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers) on 7 March 1829, is a French collecting society, undertaking collective rights management for authors. The Society manages, promotes ... and mayor of Champ-Haut (Orne) where he is buried. In addition to his publications, he wrote numerous articles in the papers of his time. He also wrote under the pen names Armand Duplessis, Fernand de Lisle, Alexis Bartevelle, Edmond Nouel and Dupré. Publications *1820: ''Histoire d'un chien naufragé'', then a pupil at royal college Henri IV *1821: ''Vers sur la naissance de SAR Mgr le duc de Bordeaux'', signed Edmond de M. *1822: ''Parallèle de Talma et de Joanny'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe D'Ennery
Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le fils d'un pair de France'' (1831), a drama which was the first of a series of some two hundred pieces written alone or in collaboration with other dramatists. He died in Paris in 1899. Works Among the best of his works is a play about ''Kaspar Hauser'' (1838) with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois; ''Les Bohémiens de Paris'' (1842) with Eugène Grangé; with Julien de Mallian the play ''Marie-Jeanne, ou la femme du peuple'' (1845), in which Marie Dorval obtained a great success; a drama based on ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1853) with Dumanoir; and '' The Two Orphans'' (1875), perhaps his best piece, with Eugène Cormon. The story was adapted in 1921 by D.W. Griffith as the film ''Orphans of the Storm.'' He wrote the libretto for Gounod's ''Le tribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Émile Vanderburch
Louis-Émile Vanderburch (30 September 1794 – 30 March 1862) was a 19th-century French writer and playwright. The painter Dominique Joseph Vanderburch (1722–1785) was his grandfather. Biography After he started a career in teaching as a professor of history, Vanderburch turned to literature and more specifically to theatre. From 1816, he authored more than a hundred theatre plays, some of which were met with great success. From 1836 to 1853, he lived in the of La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (Loiret) which now houses the city hall of this town of 10,000 inhabitants. Works ;Theatre (selection) *1835: ''Jacques II'' *1836: ''Le Gamin de Paris'' *1838: ''Clermont, ou Une femme d'artiste'' (with Eugène Scribe) *1846: ''Une nuit au Louvre'' *1854: ''Le Sanglier des Ardennes'' *1855: ''Le sergent Frédéric'', comédie en vaudevilles (with Dumanoir) *1863: ''Peau d'âne'' ;Other *1816: ''L'Épingle noire'' *1847: ''Scènes contemporaines laissées par Madame la Vicomtesse de Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dupeuty
Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee. He made his debut in the theatre in 1821, and in 1825 founded the opposition newspaper ''La nouveauté''. He is famous for being one of the founders of the Société des auteurs dramatiques of which he was vice-président for six years. Many of his plays were performed on the most important Parisians stages of the 19th century: Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Adolphe Dupeuty was his son. Works * ''La Fête au village'', 1821 * ''L'Arracheur de dents'', folie-parade in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Villeneuve, 1822 * ''Fille et garçon, ou la Petite orpheline'', comédie en vaudev ... [...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 maà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier
Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier (15 January 1766 – 25 May 1824) was a French playwright, nicknamed the Crébillon of melodrama. He first entered the military career then turned to theatre and was a rival of René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt. From 1793 to 1824, he authored an incredible number of melodramas, dramas, pantomimes, etc. many of which were met with great success: the number is more than 110 including the ''Fille sauvage'', the ''Main de Fer'', the ''Fille mendiante'', ''Jean Sbogar'', ''Machabées'', and the ''Mort de Kleber''. * 1804: ''L'Officier cosaque'', one-act comedy mingled with songs by Charles Dumonchau with Luigi Gianella and Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 9 April * 1807: ''La lanterne de Diogène'', pantomime équestre, music arranged by Guillaume Navoigille. Premiered at the opening of the Cirque olympique on 28 December 1807, Paris : Barba, 180 * 1811: ''La Petite Nichon, ou La Petite Paysanne de la Moselle' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
