Auguste Lafortelle called A.-M. Lafortelle (11 January 1769 in

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. S ...

– 21 February 1851 in ParisFiche de décès n° 6/51.
Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil reconstitué.) was an 18th/19th-century French

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

whose works were given on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, and the

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

Works

*1775: ''Les Arsacides'',

tragedy Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy ...

in six acts, with Peyreau de Beaussol *1793: ''Cantiques faits à l'occasion d'une loge d'adoption'' *1799: ''Le Peintre dans son ménage'', with

Jacques-André Jacquelin Jacques-André Jacquelin (18 March 1776 – 13 August 1827) was a French playwright, lyricist, chansonnier, goguettier and poet. Biography A chief clerk at the Ministry of War, he became inspector of secondary theaters of Paris. Jacquelin aut ...

*1802: ''Le Concert aux Champs-Élysées'',

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

in 1 act, with

René de Chazet René de Chazet, full name René André Polydore Balthazar Alissan de Chazet, (23 October 1774 – 23 August 1844) was a French playwright, poet and novelist. Short biography The son of an annuities controller, parent of Mackau, the ambassador ...

*1803: ''Le Mot de l'énigme'', vaudeville in 1 act, with de Chazet and Désaugiers *1804: ''L'Amour et l'argent, ou le Créancier rival'', one-act comedy, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with de Chazet and Marc-Antoine Désaugiers *1804: ''L'Amant soupçonneux'', one-act comedy, with de Chazet *1804: ''La Nouvelle nouveauté'', comédie épisodique in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Commagny *1804: ''L'Hôtel de Lorraine, ou la Mine est trompeuse'', proverbe in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with de Chazet and baron d'Allarde *1804: ''La Belle Milanaise, ou la Fille-femme, page et soldat'',

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 ...

in 3 acts,

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 ha ...

, with Charles Henrion and

Joseph Servières Joseph Servières (20 July 1781 – 3 February 1826online archive of the City of Paris, reconstructed civil status, fiche n° 6/5/ref>) was an early 19th-century French playwright. Biography Servieres made good studies in his hometown and came ...

*1804: ''Les Charbonniers de la Forêt noire'', three-act comed, mingled with vaudevilles, with

Sewrin Sewrin, real name Charles-Augustin Bassompierre, (9 October 1771 – 22 April 1853�Paris», ''Journal de débats'', 24 avril 1853, at Gallica) was a French playwright and goguettier. In addition to his writing of comedies, opéras-comiques, ...

and Servières *1804: ''L'École des Gourmands'', one-act vaudeville, with de Chazet and

Francis baron d'Allarde Marie-François-Denis-Thérésa Le Roy Allarde better known as Francis baron d'Allarde (12 March 1778 – 4 October 1841) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright. Biography The son of the politician , he was a journalist in the Un ...

*1805: ''La Fille jockey'', one-act vaudeville, with de Chazet *1806: ''La Nuit d'auberge'', one-act vaudeville *1806: ''Faut-il se marier ?'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with vaudevilles, with Francis baron d'Allarde *1806: ''Dubelloy, ou les Templiers'', one-act vaudeville, with de Chazet *1806: ''Voltaire chez Ninon'', fait historique in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Commagny *1808: ''Poisson chez Colbert'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Commagny *1809: ''Bérenger, ou l'Anneau de mariage'', one-act vaudeville *1810: ''Une visite à Saint-Cyr'', tableau historique in 1 act *1812: ''La Femme de chambre ou La Vengeance d'un gascon'', one-act comedy *1813: ''Baboukin, ou le Sérail en goguette'', one-act vaudeville, with

Jean-Toussaint Merle Jean-Toussaint Merle (10 June 1785– 27 February 1852) was a French playwright and journalist. Biography Merle had a good education at the Central School of the department of Hérault before arriving in Paris in 1803. At first an employee at ...

and

Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny (Paris, 1783 – Paris, 1 July 1832) was a French playwright, librettist, poet and chansonnier. His plays, sometimes signed with different names (C.-F.-J.-B. Moreau, C.-A. Moreau, A. Moreau, Eus ...

*1813: ''Le Sérail en goguette ou Le Panier de vin de champagne'', one-act comedy, with Merle *1813: ''Tout pour l'enseigne, ou la Manie du jour'', one-act vaudeville, with Brazier, Merle and Commagny *1814: ''Monsieur Crouton, ou l'Aspirant au Salon'', pièce grivoise in 1 act, mingled with

couplet A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the ...

s, with Commagny and Francis *1815: ''Le Cordier de Samarcande, ou Tout tient au bonheur'', one-act comedy, in prose, mingled with couplets, after a tale from the ''One Thousand Nights'', with Commagny *1815: ''Les Rencontres au corps-de-garde'', one-act comedy, with Brazier and Merle *1816: ''Les Deux vaudevilles, ou la Gaîté et le sentiment'', vaudeville épisodique in 1 act, with

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 Revo ...

and Merle *1816: ''La Fin du monde, ou les Taches dans le soleil'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Brazier and Merle *1819: ''Les Étrennes à contre-sens'', one-act vaudeville, with Brazier et Merle *1821: ''Le Comédien de Bruxelles, ou la Prévention vaincue'', comédie-anecdote in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles *1821: ''Les Joueurs, ou la Hausse et la baisse'', one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Francis baron d'Allarde *1827: ''Masaniello ou le pêcheur napolitain'', lyrical drama in 4 acts, with Commagny

Bibliography

* Pierre Larousse, ''Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle'', 1873 * Camille Dreyfus, André Berthelot, ''La Grande encyclopédie: inventaire raisonné des sciences...'', 1886,

References

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