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W. Lafontaine
W. Lafontaine (10 July 1796 in Moscow – 1859 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography This was probably the pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Joseph Lafontaine who made himself called "Wanincka" (short for Jean in Russian). Born in the Russian Empire, he came to France in 1802 or 1803 with his father and two brothers. He served in the Imperial Guard from 1812 to 1815 and then as a rifleman until 1817. After he returned to civilian life, he lived in Paris at 9 Rue du Helder when he married Antoinette Marie Laurentine Almaïde Arnoult de Sartrouville on 18 November 1820. On the marriage certificate, his profession is "man of letters". He then made himself called Wanincka de La Fontaine: he is thus designated on the death certificate of his wife Antoinette, and again on the marriage certificate of his brother Joseph-Pierre at Chamboeuf in 1820 as well as in the birth certificate of his first son Joseph Paul in 1821. He later became commissair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 17 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's largest cities; being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its name. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of the Tsardom's history. When th ... [...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] |
Louis Gabriel Montigny
Louis Gabriel Montigny (3 December 1784 – 10 January 1846 Emmanuel Dupaty, ''Discours prononcé par M. Emmanuel Dupaty aux funérailles de M. Louis-Gabriel Montigny, chef de bataillon en retraite'', 1846) was a 19th-century French playwright and writer. Short biography Louis Gabriel was the son of Rémy Montigny, master perfumer and of Marie-Madeleine-Gabrielle Mignot, domiciled rue Saint-Honoré. He married Julie-Celestine Massiet 18 July 1825 in Montron, (Aisne). An officer in the military, director of the ''Moniteur de l'armée'', he became a journalist and a dramatist. His plays were presented on the most important parisians stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté. He is buried at Montmartre Cemetery, 22nd division, with his wife who died 15 January 1879 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, his daughter Marie-Louise-Delphine de Montigny (1826-1897), and his son in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Laya
Léon Laya (c.1810 in Paris – 5 September 1872 in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. The académicien Jean-Louis Laya was his father. Léon Laya was the author of a number of successful comedies, alternating between the delicacy or purity of the idea and the vivacity of the form : ''Une Maîtresse anonyme'', in 2 acts (1812) ; ''la Peau du lion'', in 2 acts (1814) ; ''les Cœurs d’or'', in 3 acts, with Prémaray ( Gymnase, 1854) ; ''les Jeunes gens'', in 3 acts, free and independent adaptation of Terence's ''Adelphoe'' ( Théâtre-Français, 1855) ; ''le duc Job'', in 4 acts, one of the most sustained successes of the Théâtre-Français (1859) ; ''la Loi du cœur'' (Théâtre-Français, 1862), etc. Theatre *''Le Docteur du défunt'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with W. Lafontaine and Pierre Carmouche, Paris, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 28 June 1825 *''Le Dandy'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with songs, with Jacques-François Ancelot, Paris, Théâtre du Vaudev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Vernet
Jules Vernet (? - 1845) was a 19th-century French dramatist whose plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre des Variétés, and the Théâtre du Palais-Royal. Works *1816: ''Les jumelles béarnaises'', one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Émile Cottenet *1816: ''La Magnétismomanie'', one-act comedie-foly mingled with couplets *1816: ''Les Rivaux impromptu sic"', one-act comedy in prose, mingled with couplets *1817: ''Ni l'un, ni l'autre'', tableau villageois, in 1 act, mingled with couplets *1818: ''Une visite à ma tante, ou la Suite des Perroquets'', one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle *1819: ''Le Mûrier'', one-act vaudeville *1820: ''Cadet Roussel Troubadour'', one-act comedy, with Joseph Aude and Ferdinand Laloue *1824: ''La Jeunesse d'un grand peintre, ou les Artistes à Rome'', one-act comedy in pros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand De Villeneuve
Ferdinand de Villeneuve (5 June 1801 – 27 September 1858) was a 19th-century French playwright. Short biography He made his debut in the theatre at the age of 21 by partnering with Charles Dupeuty, and began to be successful from 1823 onwards. In 1825, he founded the newspaper ''La Nouveauté'' with Dupeuty, Amable de Saint-Hilaire and Musnier Desclozeaux, a publication which became a daily. Co-director of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin with Anténor Joly from December 1835, he then directed, still with Joly, the Théâtre de la Renaissance in 1838 with its own funds. His plays were presented on several 19th-century Parisian stages, including the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the Théâtre des Variétés. The painter and photographer Julien Vallou de Villeneuve was his brother. Works *1822: ''L'Arracheur de dents'', one-act folie-parade, mingled with couplets, with Charles Dupeuty *1822: ''Fi ... [...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] |
Henri De Tully
Jules-Henry de Tully (1 May 1798 – 12 July 1846) was a French librettist and playwright. Life A deputy Commissioner of the king at the Monnaie de Paris, a member of the Société Lyrique, an administrator of the Théâtre du Luxembourg, he was co-founder of the Théâtre Beaumarchais (1835) with Théodore Ferdinand Vallou de Villeneuve. His theatre plays, often signed with the collective pseudonym ''Charles Henri'' were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville. An editor at ''La Psyché'', he also authored several songs.Quérard, op.cit. Works *1822: ''Les Dames Martin, ou le Mari, la femme et la veuve'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Gabriel-Alexandre Belle *1825: ''L'Exilé'', vaudeville in 2 acts, after ''Old Mortality'' by Walter Scott, with Théodore Anne and Achille d'Artois *1827: ''Le Mari par intérim'', comédie ... [...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] |
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] |
Armand-François Jouslin De La Salle
Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer, journalist, dramatist and theatre director. Jouslin de La Salle was administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the théâtre des Variétés in 1839. Theatre * ''Le Mûrier'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Vernet 22 June 1819. * ''Les Deux Veuves ou les Contrastes'', comedy in 1 act, with Martial Aubertin, 10 April 1821. * ''Jane Shore'', melodrame en 3 acts, with Hyacinthe Decomberousse, Alphonse de Chavanges, 1824. * ''La Famille du charlatan'', folie vaudeville in 1 act, with Maurice de Chavanges, 12 October 1824. * ''L’École du scandale'', play in 3 acts and in prose, with Charles-R.-E. de Saint-Maurice, Edmond Crosnier, 8 December 1824. * ''Les Acteurs à l’auberge'', comedy in one act, with Maurice Alhoy and Francis Cornu, 28 May 1825. * ''La Corbeille de mariage ou les Étrennes du futur'', vaudeville in one act, with Maurice Alhoy and Léo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |