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 Charles-Louis-François Desnoyer, or Desnoyers, (6 April 1806 – 6 February 1858) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager. He also wrote under the pen name Anatole de Beaulieu. Short biography He made his debut as act ...

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

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; ''Les Bohémiens de Paris'' (1842) with

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; with Julien de Mallian the play ''Marie-Jeanne, ou la femme du peuple'' (1845), in which

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obtained a great success; a drama based on ''

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'' (1853) with

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; and '' The Two Orphans'' (1875), perhaps his best piece, with

Eugène Cormon Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career. Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 15 ...

. The story was adapted in 1921 by

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as the film ''

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.'' He wrote the

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for

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's ''

Le tribut de Zamora is a grand opera in four acts by Charles Gounod, his last work for the stage. The libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery was offered to Gounod after negotiations with Giuseppe Verdi stalled. The premiere at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier on 1 April 1881 ...

'' (1881); with

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and

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he composed the libretto to

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'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''. Castro ...

'' (1885); and, again in collaboration with Cormon, the librettos of Auber's operas, '' Le premier jour de bonheur'' (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-Hist ...

'' (1852), ''Le muletier de Tolède'' (1854) (on which

Michael Balfe Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially ''The Bohemian Girl''. After a short career as a violinist, Balfe pursued an operatic singing career, while he began to co ...

's ''

The Rose of Castille ''The Rose of Castille'' (or ''Castile'') is an opera in three acts, with music by Michael William Balfe to an English-language libretto by Augustus Glossop Harris and Edmund Falconer, after the libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery and Clairville (alias ...

'' (1857) was based), and ''À Clichy'' (1854) by

Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets ''Giselle'' (1841) and '' Le corsaire'' (1856), his operas '' Le po ...

, Massenet's early '' Don César de Bazan'' (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

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A Celebrated Case ''A Celebrated Case'' is a 1914 American silent drama film starring Alice Joyce, Guy Coombs and Marguerite Courtot. It is based on the 1877 play ''Une cause célèbre'' by Adolphe Philippe Dennery and Eugene Cormon. A French soldier is wrongfu ...

'', directed by

George Melford George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...

(1914, based on the play ''Une Cause célèbre'') *''Don Caesar de Bazan'', directed by

Robert G. Vignola Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 7, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-American actor, screenwriter, and film director. A former stage actor, he appeared in many motion pictures produced by Kalem Company and later mov ...

(1915, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by

Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s. Brenon was among the early film ...

(1915, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *''Martyre'', directed by

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(Italy, 1917, based on the play ''Martyre!'') *'' Don Cesar, Count of Irun'', directed by

Luise Kolm Luise Fleck, also known as Luise Kolm or Luise Kolm-Fleck, née Louise or Luise Veltée (1 August 1873–15 March 1950), was an Austrian film director, and has been considered the second ever female feature film director in the world, after Al ...

and

Jacob Fleck Jacob Fleck (8 November 1881 in Vienna as Jacob Julius Fleck – 19 September 1953, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cameraman. He is noted for his long-standing professional partnership with his wife ...

(Austria, 1918, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *''The Adventurer'', directed by

J. Gordon Edwards James Gordon Edwards (June 24, 1867 – December 31, 1925) was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and writer who began his career as a stage (theatre), stage actor and stage director. Biography James Gordon Edwards was born in Montreal ...

(1920, based on the play ''Don César de Bazan'') *'' Belphegor the Mountebank'', directed by

Bert Wynne Bert Wynne (15 November 1889, Battersea, London – 14 November 1971, Yeovil, Somerset) was a British actor and film director. Selected filmography Director * '' The Town of Crooked Ways'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * '' Little Me ...

(UK, 1921, based on the play ''Paillasse'') *''

'', directed by D. W. Griffith (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 ''The Spanish Dancer'' is a 1923 American silent costume epic starring Pola Negri as a gypsy fortune teller, Antonio Moreno as a romantic count, and Wallace Beery as the king of Spain. The film was directed by Herbert Brenon and also features a ...

'', 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 Maurice Tourneur (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'', 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

Hassan al-Imam Hassan al-Imam ( ar, حسن الإمام; March 6, 1919 in Mansoura, Egypt – January 29, 1988) was a prominent Egyptian film director. He was nicknamed the Box-office King, made three films listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. Early life ...

(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 ''Appassionatamente'' (i.e. "Passionately") is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo and starring Amedeo Nazzari and Myriam Bru. It is loosely based on the drama play ''La Dame de Saint-Tropez'' by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois ...

'', directed by

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(Italy, 1954, based on the play ''La Dame de Saint-Tropez'') *'' The Two Orphans'', directed by

(Italy, 1954, based on the play ''The Two Orphans'') *''

The Seventh Sword ''The Seventh Sword'' ( it, Le sette spade del vendicatore, french: Sept épées pour le roi, also known as ''Seven Swords for the King'') is a 1962 Italian-French adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is a remake of Freda's debut film '' ...

'', 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 Leopoldo Savona (1922–2000) was an Italian actor, director, choreographer, and screenwriter. He directed 18 films between 1954 and 1976. He was sometimes credited as Leo Colman or Leo Coleman. Life and career Born in Lenola, Latina, he sta ...

(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