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 fils d'un pair de France'' (1831), a drama which was the first of a series of some two hundred pieces written alone or in collaboration with other dramatists. He died in Paris in 1899.

Works

Among the best of his works is a play about ''

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'' (1838) with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois; ''Les Bohémiens de Paris'' (1842) with

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; with

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the play ''Marie-Jeanne, ou la femme du peuple'' (1845), in which Marie Dorval obtained a great success; a drama based on ''

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'' (1853) with Dumanoir; and '' The Two Orphans'' (1875), perhaps his best piece, with Eugène Cormon. The story was adapted in 1921 by

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as the film ''

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.'' He wrote the libretto for

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's '' Le tribut de Zamora'' (1881); with Louis Gallet and Édouard Blau he composed the libretto to Massenet's ''

Le Cid ''Le Cid'' is a five-act French tragicomedy written by Pierre Corneille, first performed in December 1636 at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris and published the same year. It is based on Guillén de Castro's play ''Las Mocedades del Cid''. Cast ...

'' (1885); and, again in collaboration with Cormon, the librettos of Auber's operas, ''

Le premier jour de bonheur ''Le premier jour de bonheur'' is an opera or opéra comique in three acts by Daniel Auber. The French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon is based on Joseph François Souque's ''Le chevalier de Canolle''. The work's premiere was s ...

'' (1868) and ''Rêve d'amour'' (1869). Other opera librettos include ''La rose de Terone'' (1840), ''

Si j'étais roi ''Si j'étais roi'' (English: ''If I Were King'') is an opéra comique in three acts by Adolphe Adam. The libretto was written by Adolphe d'Ennery and Jules-Henri Brésil. It was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre Lyrique (Théâtre-Hi ...

'' (1852), ''Le muletier de Tolède'' (1854) (on which Michael Balfe's '' The Rose of Castille'' (1857) was based), and ''À Clichy'' (1854) by

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, Massenet's early ''

Don César de Bazan ''Don César de Bazan'' is an opéra comique in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Philippe-François Pinel "Dumanoir" and Jules Chantepie, based on the play by d'Ennery and Dumanoir, which was first perform ...

'' (1872) and

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's ''La nuit aux soufflets'' (1884) He prepared for the stage Balzac's posthumous comedy ''Mercadet ou le faiseur'', presented at the Théâtre du Gymnase in 1851. Reversing the usual order of procedure, d'Ennery adapted some of his plays to the form of novels.

Posterity

In 2015 was founded the Society of Friends of Adolphe d'Ennery (''Société des amis d'Adolphe d'Ennery'') whose purpose is to promote Adolphe d'Ennery, study his work and put an online enriched encyclopedia about the author and his work.

Filmography

*'' A Celebrated Case'', directed by

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(1914, based on the play ''Une Cause célèbre'') *''Don Caesar de Bazan'', directed by Robert G. Vignola (1915, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by

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(1915, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *''Martyre'', directed by Camillo De Riso (Italy, 1917, based on the play ''Martyre!'') *''

Don Cesar, Count of Irun '' Don Cesar, Count of Irun'' (German: ''Don Cäsar, Graf von Irun'') is a 1918 Austrian silent historical film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Max Neufeld, Grit Haid and Karl Ehmann.Von Dassanowsky p.23 It is based on the ope ...

'', directed by

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and

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(Austria, 1918, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *''The Adventurer'', directed by J. Gordon Edwards (1920, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *''

Belphegor the Mountebank ''Belphegor the Mountebank'' is a 1921 British silent film directed by Bert Wynne and starring Milton Rosmer, Kathleen Vaughan and Warwick Ward. It is based on the play ''Belphegor, the mountebank : or, Woman's constancy'' from the 1850s by Cha ...

'', directed by Bert Wynne (UK, 1921, based on the play ''Paillasse'') *''

'', directed by

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(1921, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *'' Rosita'', directed by

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(1923, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *'' The Spanish Dancer'', directed by

(1923, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *''Martyre'', directed by

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(France, 1927, based on the play ''Martyre!'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by

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(France, 1933, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by

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(Italy, 1942, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *''

Don Cesare di Bazan ''Don Cesare di Bazan'' is a 1942 Italian historical adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda and starring Gino Cervi, Anneliese Uhlig and Paolo Stoppa. The film is set during the Catalan Revolt of the Seventeenth century. It is based on a pla ...

'', directed by

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(Italy, 1942, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by José Benavides (Mexico, 1944, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by

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(Egypt, 1949, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by Roberto Rodríguez (Mexico, 1950, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *'' Appassionatamente'', directed by Giacomo Gentilomo (Italy, 1954, based on the play ''La Dame de Saint-Tropez'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by Giacomo Gentilomo (Italy, 1954, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *'' The Seventh Sword'', directed by

(Italy, 1962, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by Riccardo Freda](France/Italy, 1965, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *'' The Two Orphans (1976 film), The Two Orphans'', directed by Leopoldo Savona (Spain, 1976, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'')

Notes

External links

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Adolphe d'Ennery at Internet Movie Database

Official Website of the Society of Friends of Adolphe d'Ennery
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ennery, Adolphe Philippe d 1811 births 1899 deaths Writers from Paris 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists 19th-century French novelists Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery