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Xavier Veyrat
Xavier Vérat also Xavier Veyrat ( Paris 1807 – Saint-Saulge ( Nièvre) 21 May 1876) was a 19th-century French playwright. From 1834 to 1847, his plays were presented on several Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Gymnase-Enfantin, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Antoine, and the Théâtre de la Renaissance. Fallen into oblivion, he died destitute in 1876.''The Athenaeum'', numéros 2514 à 2539, 1876, p.807 Works *1834: ''Anna, ou la Demoiselle de compagnie'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act *1836: ''Casque en cuir et pantalon garance'', with Saint-Yves *1836: ''La fille du Danube, ou Ne m'oubliez pas'', drame-vaudeville in 2 acts and extravaganza, imité du ballet de l'Opéra, with Saint-Yves *1836: ''Le cœur d'une mère'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Ménétrier *1836: ''Les Gitanos ou le prince et le chevrier'', historical comedy in 1 act mixed with song, with Paul Lacroix and Saint-Yves *1836: ... [...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] |
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] |
Writers From Paris
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the communication o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century French Dramatists And Playwrights
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Marie Quérard
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled ''Yūsuf''. In Persian, the name is "Yousef". The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century. In the first century CE, Joseph was the second most popular male name for Palestine Jews. In the Book of Genesis Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first son, and kn ... [...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] |
Victor Masselin
Victor Masselin, real name Victor Jean-Baptiste Masselin, (1804 in Paris – 16 May 1855 Jules Janin, ''Almanach de la littérature du théâtre et des beaux-arts'', 1855, p.77) was a French playwright. His plays were presented at the Gymnase-Enfantin, at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, at the Folies-dramatiques, at the Théâtre-Français and at the Théâtre des Variétés. Works *1835: ''Le Fils de Figaro'', comédie en vaudevilles en 1 act, avec Edmond Burat de Gurgy *1836: ''Les Deux jumelles'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act *1839: ''Le Roi de carreau'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Chabot de Bouin Nicolas Jules Chabot de Bouin (Chef-Boutonne, 5 September 1807 – Paris 1857) was a French writer, novelist and playwright of the 19th century. He composed both under his name and under the pseudonyms Jules Pecharel, Michel Morin and Octave de ... *1839: ''Les Trois lièvres'', vaudeville in 1 act *1843: ''L'Art et le Métier'', comedy in 1 act and in verses, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opéra Comique
''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a lesser extent the Comédie-Italienne),M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet and Richard Langham Smith"Opéra comique" '' Grove Music Online''. Oxford Music Online. 19 November 2009 which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections. Associated with the Paris theatre of the same name, ''opéra comique'' is not necessarily comical or shallow in nature; '' Carmen'', perhaps the most famous ''opéra comique'', is a tragedy. Use of the term The term ''opéra comique'' is complex in meaning and cannot simply be translated as "comic opera". The genre originated in the early 18th century with humorous and satirical plays performed at the theatres of the Paris fairs which contained songs ('' vaudevilles''), with new words set to already existing music. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ange-Jean-Robert Eustache Angel
Angel, full name Ange-Jean-Robert Eustache Angel, (15 October 1813 – 14 May 1861) was a 19th-century French playwright. A collaborator to the theatrical headings of the ''Cabinet de lecture'', the ''France maritime'' and the ''Moniteur des théâtres'', his plays were presented ont the most famous Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, and the Gymnase des enfants. Works *1832: ''Les Brasseurs du faubourg'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act *1833: ''Le Beau Jour, ou Une coutume flamande'', vaudeville in 1 act *1835: ''Jeune Fille et Jeune Fleur, ou les Deux Pâquerettes'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1836: ''Julia, ou les Dangers d'un bon mot'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Xavier Veyrat *1836: ''Un dernier jour de vacances'', tableau anecdotique in 1 act, mingled with couplets *1837: ''Bébé, ou le Nain du roi Stanislas'', historical comedy in 1 act, mingl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lacroix
Paul Lacroix (; 27 February 1806 – 16 October 1884) was a French author and journalist. He is known best by his pseudonym P.L. Jacob, bibliophile, or Bibliophile Jacob, suggested by his great interest in libraries and books generally. Biography Lacroix was born in Paris, the son of a novelist. He was a prolific and varied writer, composing more than twenty historical romances and a variety of serious historical works, including histories of Napoleon III and of the Czar Nicholas I of Russia. He was the joint author with Ferdinand Séré of a five-volume work, ''Le moyen âge et la renaissance'' (1847), a profusely illustrated standard work on the manners, customs and dress of the Renaissance. He also wrote many monographs on phases of the history of culture, including Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period. Someone using the name Pierre Dufour published an exhaustive six-volume ''Histoire de la prostitution'' (1851–1854), which ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extravaganza
An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes also has elements of cabaret, circus, revue, variety, vaudeville and mime. ''Extravaganza'' may more broadly refer to an elaborate, spectacular, and expensive theatrical production. 19th-century British dramatist, James Planché, was known for his extravaganzas. Planché defined the genre as "the whimsical treatment of a poetical subject."Planché. ''The recollections and reflections of J.R. Planché (Somerset herald): a professional biography'' (1872), Vol. II, p. 43 The term is derived from the Italian word ''stravaganza'', meaning extravagance. See also *Spectacle *Victorian burlesque Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian era, Victorian Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Saulge
Saint-Saulge () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department The following is a list of the 309 communes of the Nièvre department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Nièvre Nivernais {{Nièvre-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
