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Théodore Nézel
Théodore Nézel (25 February 1799 – 23 May 1854) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. An employee at the ministry of public instruction, he was appointed managing director of the Théâtre du Panthéon in 1838. His plays, often signed "Théodore" or "Théodore N." were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, the Théâtre des Nouveautés, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, and the Théâtre des Variétés. Works * ''La Famille irlandaise'', melodrama in 3 acts, 1821 * ''L'Aubergiste malgré lui'', comédie proverbe, with Nicolas Brazier, 1823 * ''La Chambre de Clairette, ou les Visites par la fenêtre'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand Joseph Overnay, 1825 * ''Les Deux réputations'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Overnay, 1825 * ''Six mois de constance'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Overnay and Constant Berrier, 1825 * ''Le Banqueroutier'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Overn ... [...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] |
Frédérick Lemaître
Antoine Louis Prosper "Frédérick" Lemaître (28 July 1800 – 26 January 1876) was a French actor and playwright, one of the most famous players on the celebrated Boulevard du Crime. Biography Lemaître, the son of an architect, was born at Le Havre, Seine-Maritime. He adopted the first name "Frédérick" as a stage name. He spent two years at the Conservatoire de Paris, and made his first appearance at a variety performance in one of the basement restaurants at the Palais Royal. At the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on 12 July 1823 he played the part of Robert Macaire in ''L'Auberge des Adrets''. The melodrama was played seriously on the first night and was received with little favor, but it was changed on the second night to burlesque, and thanks to him had a great success. All of Paris came to see it, and from that day he was famous. He created a number of parts that added to his popularity, especially Cardillac, Cagliostro and Cartouche. His success in the last led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Decomberousse
Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century such as the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.). Works * ''Le Cocher de fiacre'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Benjamin Antier, 1825 * ''Le Pauvre de l'Hôtel-Dieu'', mélodrama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1826 * ''Le Prisonnier amateur'', comedy mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois, Ferdinand Laloue and Frédérick Lemaître, 1826 * ''Le Vieil Artiste, ou la Séduction'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Frédérick Lemaître, 1826 * ''Le Fou'', drama in 3 acts, with Antony Béraud and Gustave Drouineau, 1829 * ''La Maîtresse'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hippolyte Le Roux and Merville, 1829 * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prologue
A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. The Ancient Greek ''prólogos'' included the modern meaning of ''prologue'', but was of wider significance, more like the meaning of preface. The importance, therefore, of the prologue in Greek drama was very great; it sometimes almost took the place of a romance, to which, or to an episode in which, the play itself succeeded. Latin On the Latin stage the prologue was often more elaborate than it was in Athens, and in the careful composition of the poems which Plautus prefixes to his plays we see what importance he gave to this portion of the entertainment; sometimes, as in the preface to the ''Rudens'', Plautus rises to the height of his genius in his adroit and romantic prolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Franconi
Henri Franconi, full name Jean Gérard Henri Franconi, (4 November 1779 – 22 July 1849) was a French playwright and circus performer of the early 19th century. A son of Antonio Franconi, in 1807 he became with his brother Laurent director of the Cirque-Olympique (1807-1837). An actor, a mime, an esquire, nicknamed ''Minette'', he authored pantomimes, dramas and vaudeville. Works *1808: ''Les Quatre fils Aymons'', equestrian scenes in 2 parts *1808: ''Cavalo-Dios, ou le Cheval génie bienfaisant'', equestrian scenes, mingled with féeries, in 2 parts, with Cuvelier *1808: ''Barberousse le Balafré, ou les Valaques'',equestrian and chivalrous scenes, in 2 parts, extravaganza, with Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier *1808: ''Fra Diavolo, ou le Frère diable, chef de bandits dans les Alpes'', equestrian scenes in 2 parts, with Cuvelier *1808: ''La Prise de la Corogne, ou les Anglais en Espagne'', equestrian scenes *1810: ''Les chevaux vengés, ou Parodie de la parodie de Fernand C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tableau Vivant
A (; often shortened to ; plural: ), French language, French for "living picture", is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and may be Theatre, theatrically lit. It thus combines aspects of theatre and the visual arts. A tableau may either be 'performed' live, or depicted in painting, photography and sculpture, such as in many works of the Romanticism, Romantic, Aestheticism, Aesthetic, Symbolism (arts), Symbolist, Pre-Raphaelite, and Art Nouveau movements. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, tableaux sometimes featured ('flexible poses') by virtually nude models, providing a form of Erotica, erotic entertainment, both on stage and in print. Tableaux continue to the present day in the form of living statues, street performers who busk by posing in costume. Origin Occasionally, a Mass (liturgy), Mass was punctuated with short dramatic scenes and paintin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine Simonnin
Antoine Simonnin, full name Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Simonnin, (Paris, 11 January 1780 – Paris, 14 May 1856) was a 19th-century French writer and dramatist. Simonnin wrote, alone or in collaboration, more than 200 comédies en vaudeville, parodies or fantaisies. He also published a collection of ''Chansons sacrées et profanes'' (1856, in-18). Works (alphabetical order) * ''Arlequin au café du bosquet, ou la Belle limonadière'', vaudeville épisodique, in 1 act; * ''Augusta, ou Comme on corrige une jeune personne'', two-act comédie en vaudeville, Théâtre des jeunes élèves de M. Louis Comte, 5 December 1832; * ''Belz et Buth'', folie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hilpert, Théâtre du Panthéon, 21 August 1839; * ''Caroline de Litchfield'', drame-vaudeville in 2 acts and in prose, with Brazier and Carmouche Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 10 February 1827; * ''Catherine II, ou l'Impératrice et le cosaque'', play in 2 acts, extravaganza, mingled with couplets, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Villemot
Henry Villemot (c.1796–1870) was a 19th-century French playwright. Works *1823: ''Le Vendredi d'un usurier'', comedy in 1 act *1823: ''Les Hussards dans l'étude'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Dulong *1824: ''Le Plâtrier ou la double accusation'', melodrama in 2 acts, with Théodore Nézel *1824: ''La Prise de Tarifa'', mélodrame militaire historique in 1 act, with Nézel and Ferdinand Laloue *1825: ''Le Flâneur'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act *1825: ''Le Chemin creux'', melodrama in 3 acts, extravaganza *1825: ''Les Ruines de la Granca'', mélodrame in 3 acts, with Dulong and Saint-Amand *1826: ''L'Amour et les poules'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1827: ''Le Garde et le bucheron'', melodrama in 2 tableaux *1828: ''Bisson'', melodrama in 2 acts and in 5 parts, extravaganza, with Benjamin Antier and Nézel *1828: ''Le Remplaçant'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Antier *1829: ''La Partie d'ânes'', folie in 1 act *1830: ''La Prise de la Bastille, gloire populaire et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Amand (writer)
Saint-Armand, real name Jean-Armand Lacoste, (17 November 1797 – 13 January 1885) was a 19th-century French playwright. He was born and died in Paris. Saint-Armand wrote the famous drama '' l’Auberge des Adrets'' in collaboration with Benjamin Antier and Polyanthe. Works * ''La Folle de Toulon'', three-act drama, mingled with songs ; * ''Marie Rose ou la nuit de Noël'', three-act drama, with Adrien Payn, 1832 ; * ''Moellen ou l’Enfant du bonheur'', tableau populaire in 1 act, mingled with couplets ; * ''L’Oraison de Saint Julien'', three-act comédie en vaudeville ; * ''Péblo ou Le jardinier de Valence'', three-act 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 exces .... Sources * Georges d’Heylli, ''Gazette anecdotique, littéraire, artistique et bibliog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Cornu
Francis Cornu (4 October 1794 – 7 March 1848) was a French playwright. Biography After he made excellent studies in Paris, he lost his father and at the young age of 17, had to work for a living. He entered as an employee at the prefecture of Nièvre. In 1815, suspected of supporting the Bourbons, he was removed from office. He then entered into business house then into a bank where he became chief clerk. Having already composed verses in Latin, he made his debut in 1816 in Lyon in the vaudeville genre. In 1819, he moved to Paris and worked again first as a bank clerk (1819-1825). His first plays did not get any success. ''Le forçat libéré'' in 1829, performed at the Ambigu-Comique was even booed. Finally, it is ''Isaure'' which was met with success that made him known. His plays, including many in collaboration with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, will then be regularly performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, Th ... [...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] |
One-act Play
A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions. One act plays make up the overwhelming majority of Fringe Festival shows including at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The origin of the one-act play may be traced to the very beginning of recorded Western drama: in ancient Greece, '' Cyclops'', a satyr play by Euripides, is an early example. The satyr play was a farcical short work that came after a trilogy of multi-act serious drama plays. A few notable examples of one act plays emerged before the 19th century including various versions of the Everyman play and works by Moliere and Calderon.Francis M. Dunn. ''Tragedy's End: Closure and Innovation in Euripidean Drama''. Oxford University Press (1996). One act plays became more common in the 19th century and are now a stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
