Adolphe Joseph Choler (1821 – 19 January 1889) was a French playwright and

librettist A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...

who was born in and died in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 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), ma ...

. He was Saint-Agnan Choler's brother. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian venues of the 19th century:

Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin The Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin is a venerable theatre and opera house at 18, Boulevard Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. History It was first built very rapidly in 1781 under the direction of (1726–1810) to house th ...

Théâtre des Variétés The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle ...

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history ...

, Théâtre du Gymnase-dramatique etc. He was managing director of the

from 1868 to 1879.

Works

*1842: ''Eva ou le Grillon du foyer'',

comédie en vaudevilles The ''comédie en vaudevilles'' () was a theatrical entertainment which began in Paris towards the end of the 17th century, in which comedy was enlivened through lyrics using the melody of popular vaudeville songs.Barnes 2001. Evolution The an ...

in 2 acts, with Saint-Yves *1847: ''Mademoiselle Grabutot'',

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 one act, with Saint-Yves *1848: ''Candide ou Tout est pour le mieux'', conte mêlé de couplets in 3 acts and 5 tableaux, with Clairville and Saint-Yves *1848: ''La république de Platon'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Yves *1849: ''Madame veuve Larifla'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Labiche *1849: ''Le Marquis de Carabas et la princesse Fanfreluche'', tale by Perrault in 1 act, mixed with distichs, with

Adolphe d'Ennery Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le ...

*1849: ''La paix du ménage'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Saint-Yves *1850: ''Charles le Téméraire'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Saint-Agnan Choler and Auguste Lefranc *1851: ''Belphégor'', vaudeville fantastique in 1 act, with

Dumanoir Philippe François Pinel, known as Dumanoir (31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist. Biography Dumanoir was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe. He was the son of Mrs. Pinel-Dumanoir, whose family plante ...

, Saint-Yves *1851: ''La Fille de Frétillon'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Yves *1851: ''Le Mari d'une jolie femme'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Saint-Yves *1852: ''Le terrible savoyard'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with the

Cogniard brothers The Cogniard brothers were two French brothers who worked as playwrights and theatre directors, producing an incalculable number of vaudevilles, reviews, féeries and operettas. The elder of the two was Charles-Théodore or Théodore Cogniard (30 A ...

*1852: ''Le Bal de la Halle'', à-propos-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Clairville *1852: ''Cinq gaillards, dont deux gaillardes'', mêli-mêlo, mixed with one distinct, with Lefranc and Siraudin *1852: ''Marie Simon'', drama in 5 acts, with

Jules-Édouard Alboize de Pujol Jules-Édouard Alboize de Pujol (1805, Montpellier – 9 April 1854, Paris) was a French historian and playwright. Director of the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Montmartre, Alboize Pujol wrote several dramas and comedies, either alone or in collab ...

and Saint-Yves *1852: ''Prunes et chinois'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Hippolyte Cogniard *1854: ''L'Enfant de la halle'', drama-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Saint-Agnan Choler and Eugène Vachette *1854: ''Gusman ne connait pas d'obstacles !'', vaudeville in 4 acts, with the Cogniard brothers *1854: ''L'héritage de ma tante'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Saint-Yves *1854: ''Les marquises de la fourchette'', vaudeville en 1 acte, avec Labiche *1855: ''La dame de Francboisy'', historical vaudeville which didn't happen, with Siraudin *1855: ''Un cœur qui parle'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Nérée Désarbres *1857: ''La Gammina, parodie de ''La Fiammina'', in 4 acts, preceded by ''Vingt ans avant'', prologue'', with Siraudin *1857: ''Le Nez d'argent'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Delacour and Saint-Yves *1858: ''Le fils de la belle au bois dormant'',

féerie ''Féerie'', sometimes translated as "fairy play", was a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. ''Féeries'' blended music, dancing, pantomime, and ...

in 3 acts and 10 tableaux, with

Lambert-Thiboust Lambert-Thiboust (25 October 1827 – 10 July 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography Lambert-Thiboust began his career as a comedian. He won a prize for tragedy at the Paris Conservatoire in 1848 and briefly pursued acting at th ...

and Siraudin *1858: ''L'Avocat du diable'',

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

in 1 act, with

Marc Michel Marc Michel (February 10, 1929 – 3 November 2016) was a French-Swiss actor. He appeared in more than fifty films. He is best known for his roles in three seminal French films of the 1960s: Jacques Becker's ''Le Trou'' (1960), and two films ...

*1858: ''La Soirée périlleuse'', comédie mêlée de couplets, in 1 act, with Marc Michel *1859: ''Amoureux de la bourgeoise !'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Paul Siraudin *1859: ''Les Deux maniaques'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 acte, with Émile Colliot and Armand Lapointe *1859: ''Les Mêli-mêlo de la rue Meslay'',

in 1 act, with Marc Michel *1859: ''Note relative aux droits de Mozart et de Weber'' *1859: ''Paris s'amuse !'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Saint-Agnan Choler *1859: ''Le rouge-gorge'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Labiche *1860: ''Comment on gâte sa vie'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Saint-Yves *1860: ''Fou-Yo-Po'', a study of Chinese mores in 1 act, with Siraudin and Delacour *1860: ''J'ai perdu mon Eurydice'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Marc Michel *1861: ''Bébé-actrice'', parody-vaudeville in 1 act, with Siraudin *1861: ''Deux nez sur une piste'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Marc Michel *1861: ''Les Rameneurs'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Siraudin *1862: ''Après le bal'', comedy in 1 act, mixed with distichs, with

Alfred Delacour Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...

and Paul Siraudin *1862: ''Un avocat du beau sexe'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Siraudin *1862: ''Le Cotillon'', à-propos mixed with distichs, with Clairville *1862: ''Les Finesses de Bouchavanes'', comedy in 1 act, mixed with song, with Marc Michel *1864: ''Les Fiancés de Rosa'', opéra comique in 1 act *1864: ''Les Pinceaux d'Héloïse'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Henri Rochefort Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the ' List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Mon ...

*1864: ''La Vieillesse de Brididi'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Rochefort *1865: ''Une Dame du lac'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act *1865: ''Une femme dégelée'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Clairville and Saint-Yves *1865: ''Le Procès Van Korn'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Rochefort *1866: ''Un pied dans le crime'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Labiche *1867: ''Les chemins de fer'', comédie en vaudevilles in 5 acts, with Alfred Delacour and

Eugène Labiche Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".operetta bouffa in 1 act, with

Léo Delibes Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (; 21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his ballets and French opera, operas. His works include the ballets ''Coppélia'' (1870) and ''Sylvia (ba ...

Bibliography

Louis Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1870, (p. 395) * Octave Uzanne, ''Le Livre'' n°1, 1889, (p. 166) (obituary) * T. J. Walsh, ''Second Empire Opera: The Théâtre Lyrique, Paris 1851-1870'', 1981, (p. 345) {{DEFAULTSORT:Choler, Adolphe 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French theatre managers and producers French librettists Writers from Paris 1821 births 1889 deaths