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René Perin
René Perin (1 November 1774 – 9 May 1858) was a 19th-century French playwright, publisher, translator and novelist. Biography A lawyer and sous-préfet of Montluçon during the Hundred Days, he resigned from his positions when the Bourbons returned to power. He used several pseudonyms such as René de Biborium-Chateauterne or René Biborium de Chateauterne as a writer. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Théâtre de la Gaîté, and the Théâtre des Variétés. For thirty years he was a collaborator to the '' Moniteur'', and he also wrote historical and geographical studies. Works * ''Mr Jocrisse au sérail de Constantinople ou les Bêtises sont de tous les pays, calembour en trois actes'', 1800 * ''Kosmouk, ou les Indiens à Marseille'', comedy in 5 acts and in prose, arrangement of the play by Kotzebue, 1801 * ''Les Nouvea ... [...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] |
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] |
Paul Siraudin
Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, mainly comedies and vaudevilles written in collaboration, notably with Alfred Delacour and Lambert-Thiboust. He also authored librettos for successful operettas and opéras-comiques, including ''La fille de Madame Angot'' (1872) in collaboration with Clairville and Victor Koning with music by Charles Lecocq. In 1860, Siraudin opened a confectionery shop — the Maison Siraudin — at the corner of the Rue de la Paix and the Place Vendôme. Siraudin's sweets were "renowned all the world over"; for example, Siraudin's ''Perles des Pyrénées'' ("Pearls of the Pyrenees"), consisting of perfumed sugar, are mentioned in Joris-Karl Huysmans' novel ''À rebours'' (1884). Works * 1842: ''La Vendetta'' with Dumanoir, Théâtre des Variétés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élie Sauvage
Élie Sauvage, full name Élie François Victor Sauvage (13 May 1814 – 30 December 1871), was a 19th-century French playwright and novelist. He was the son of Angélique-Renée Rotureau and René Sauvage, a trader in Mayenne. He collaborated to the newspaper ''La Mayenne'' and began his literary career with a volume of verse. He then turned to the theater and produced alone or in collaboration, a dozen plays. A member of the Société des gens de lettres, towards the end of his life he published two novels, ''Mirette'', a spiritist one, and ''La Petite Bohémienne'' which was translated into English as ''The Little Gipsy''. Publications ;Theatre *1833: ''Un matelot'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Gabriel de Lurieu, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 6 March *1836: ''Julien l'évangéliste'', drama in 5 acts and in verse *1845: ''Jeanne d'Arc en prison'', monologue in 1 act and in verse, with René Périn, Théâtre du Luxembourg *1844: ''Le Roi Lear'', drama in 4 acts and in vers ... [...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] |
Théodore Anne
Théodore Anne (7 April 1797 – 12 August 1869) was a French playwright, librettist, and novelist. Engaged in the army in 1814, until the July Revolution of 1830 he was a member of the compagnie de Noailles then, still faithful to the Bourbons, he resigned. An editor at the journal '' La France'', a drama critic for the ''L'Union'' journal and a collaborator with ''Revue et gazette des théâtres'', he authored numerous plays which were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaité, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Académie royale de musique, Théâtre des Nouveautés etc. Works *1818: ''Le Fureteur, ou l'Anti-Minerve'' *1820: ''Éloge historique du duc de Berri'' *1822: ''Le Coq de village'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, by Charles-Simon Favart, given to the theatre with modifications, with Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard *1824: ''Alfred, ou la Bonne Tête ! !'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille d'Arto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Brazier
Nicolas Brazier (17 February 1783, Paris - 18 February 1838) was a French chansonnier and vaudevillist. Life Son of a boarding school master and author of school manuals, Brazier's education was however strongly neglected due to the French Revolution. At first a jeweller's apprentice, then employed in the "Droits réunis" (the French indirect taxes administration of the time), he showed a talent for verse and was encouraged and guided by Armand Gouffé. Following his first success at the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, in 1803, he left his job to devote himself to chansons and to the theatre, following courses at school to fill in the gaps in his education. His witty, spirited and lively chansons often proved popular, though the vulgarity of his style has led to them being forgotten. The Société du Caveau keeps their memory alive. Brazier collaborated on over 200 witty vaudeville pieces, above all on the couplets. His collaborators included Dumersan, Désaugiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Payn
Adrien Henri Payn (Paris, 30 July 1800 – Montévrain, 3 October 1855) was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th-century, including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique and the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin. In collaboration with Benjamin Antier and Polyanthe, Payn authored the famous drama ''l’Auberge des Adrets''. Payn was the mayor of the city of Montévrain from 1848 to 1854. He died aged 55. Works *1823: ''La Cousine supposée'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, with René Perin and Villard *1828: ''Roc l'exterminateur'', melodrama comique in 3 acts, with Théodore Nézel *1831: ''Le Tir et le restaurant'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel and Armand Joseph Overnay *1831: ''Le Watchman'', drama in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with Benjamin Antier and Overnay *1832: ''Marie-Rose, ou la Nuit de Noël'', three-act drama, with Saint-Amand *1835: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre-Joseph Le Roy De Bacre
Alexandre-Joseph Le Roy de Bacre, born in Paris, was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography He first made a career in the army as an officer before devoting himself to theater. He attended the military school in Ventimiglia and served as a lieutenant during the campaigns of 1792-1793 and was Dumouriez's aide-de-camp, following him during his flight to Austria. He then served Austria before returning to France where he was reincorporated in the regiment of the reigning prince of Isenburg and became his aide-de-camp. He then served in the Napoleonic armies and participated to the last campaigns as assistant captain of the General Staff. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre de la Gaité, Théâtre du Vaudeville, etc. Works *1795: ''Le Passage du Waal ou les Amants républicains'', opéra comique *1801: ''La Femme romanesque'', comedy in 1 act and in prose *1806: ''Caroline et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 comiques. His onerous plays with fastuous settings were performed on the most important Parisian stages (Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre des Variétés etc.). Works * ''Le Fort de la halle'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont and Pierre Carmouche, 1821 * ''Le Petit Georges, ou la Croix d'honneur'', comedy in 1 act, 1821 * ''La Bataille de Bouvines, ou le Rocher des tombeaux'', mimodrame in 3 acts, with René Perin, 1822 * ''L'Arabe hospitalier'', melodrama in 1 act, 1822 * ''La diligence attaquée, or L'auberge des Cévennes'', with Constant Ménissier and Ernest Renaud, 1822 * ''La Fille à marier ou La Double éducation'', comédie en va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Joseph Charrin
Pierre-Joseph Charrin (2 February 1784 – 25 April 1863) was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier. He was a member of the '' Caveau moderne'' and founder, in 1813, of the '' Soupers de Momus''.Charrin annonce sa qualité de fondateur des ''Soupers de Momus'' on the cover of the Album poétique, ou Choix de romances et de chansons des auteurs les plus connus, recueillies par J.-P. Charrin, Membre de plusieurs Académies, Convive, Fondateur des Soupers de Momus.' The initials of the two names have been reversed here by mistake. 14 August 1814, he was received in the '' Caveau lyonnais''. On that occasion he wrote reception couplets. In 1815, in collaboration with César de Proisy d'Eppe, Alexis Eymery, René Perrin and Joseph Tastu, he was one of the five editors of the ''Dictionnaire des girouettes, ou Nos contemporains peints d'après eux-mêmes ... par une société de girouettes...''' This 444 pages book which stigmatized the opportunists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
