Anselme Adrien Raymond Lévy called Adrien Vély or Vély (3 September 1864 – 30 May 1935) was a French journalist and playwright.
Life
Born in the
first arrondissement of Paris
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, a journalist, he wrote and performed his plays under the pseudonym of Vély. He also uses in the press the pseudonyms of Addé, Brioché and Plumquick. His plays were represented on the most important Parisian stages of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
He also wrote songs, novels and film scripts.
Work
;as playwright:
* 1887: ''Valentine crue Zoé'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 acte, avec Adrien Moch, au théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs (13 April)
* 1892: ''La Petite Salammbô'', parodie en 1 acte du roman de
Gustave Flaubert, with
Alévy, at
Théâtre Déjazet (29 September)
* 1892: ''Cligne en haut ! Cligne en bas !'', revue de fin d'année en 1 acte et 2 tableaux, avec Alévy, music by
Charles Raiter, at
Concert-Parisien (15 December)
* 1893: ''Veuve Prosper, successeur'', opérette en 3 actes, avec Alévy, au Théâtre Déjazet (11 October)
* 1893: ''Paris-Printemps'', revue, avec Alévy, au théâtre d'Application
* 1894: ''Napoléon intime'', comédie en 1 acte, avec Alévy, au théâtre d'Amiens (9 juillet). Reprise au théâtre du Grand-Guignol in June 1897.
* 1894: ''Paris-Trianon'', revue en 2 actes et 3 tableaux, with Alévy, at Trianon-Concert (31 July)
* 1894: ''Une Bonne soirée'', opérette en 1 acte, with Alévy, music by
Paul Marcelles, at
Théâtre de l'Ambigu (21 December)
* 1895: ''Paris-Montmartre'', revue en deux actes, un prologue et six tableaux, avec Alévy
* 1898: ''Paris qui trotte'', revue à grand spectacle, with Alévy and
Laurent Grillet, Nouveau-Cirque (8 February)
* 1898: ''Une lecture, ou les Jolies filles du Marché des Innocents'',
one act
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comedy,
Théâtre des Capucines (20 October)
* 1900: ''Ya d'la femme'', revue en deux actes et un tableau, with
Victor de Cottens Victor de Cottens (21 August 1862 – 26 February 1956) was a French dramatist, librettist, stage director, and theatre critic.
De Cottens was born in Paris. For the Folies Bergère, he directed every edition of the ''Revue des Folies-Ber ...
, music by Laurent Halet, at Concert Parisien (15 October)
* 1901: ''La revue des Variétés'', three acts review, with Paul Gavault, at Théâtre des Variétés (11 December)
* 1901: ''Bichette'', three acts vaudeville, with
Alexandre Fontanes Alexandre may refer to:
* Alexandre (given name)
* Alexandre (surname)
* Alexandre (film)
See also
* Alexander
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* Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (disambiguation)"
* Idálio Ale ...
, at
Théâtre du Palais-Royal (19 September)
* 1902: ''Les Aventures du capitaine Corcoran'', play in 5 acts and 17 scenes based on the novel by
Alfred Assollant, with
Paul Gavault and
Georges Berr, at
Théâtre du Châtelet (30 October)
* 1902: ''V'là l'métro !'', revue in two acts and ten scenes, with
Henry de Gorsse
Henry de Gorsse (19 March 1868 - 7 March 1936) was a French writer, playwright, screenwriter and lyricist.
A prolific writer, Henry de Gorsse has authored many plays, comedies, operettas and vaudevilles, often in collaboration with other writers ...
, at
la Cigale (7 November)
* 1902: ''Monsieur Tranquille'',
one act
A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writi ...
comedy, with Léon Miral, at
Théâtre des Capucines (22 December)
* 1903: ''Qu'est-ce qu'on risque ?'', revue in two acts and ten scenes, with Charles Clairville, at la Cigale
* 1904: ''Pour trente-deux francs'', one act play, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (21 April)
* 1905: ''Une revue au Théâtre du Palais Royal'', review in ten scenes including a prologue, with
Pierre Veber
Pierre-Eugène Veber (15 May 1869 – 20 August 1942) was a French playwright and writer.
Biography
Pierre Veber was the brother of the painter Jean Veber, and the brother-in-law of both René Doumic and Tristan Bernard. His family was quite l ...
, at
Théâtre du Palais-Royal (1 December)
* 1905: ''Le Numéro 33'', one act play, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (24 January)
* 1906: ''English school'', one act play, at Théâtre du Palais-Royal (4 May)
* 1906: ''Ohé ! La r'vue du Français'', revue locale et féerique en 3 actes et 7 tableaux, au Théâtre-Français de Bordeaux (23 December)
* 1909: ''La Poire'', pièce en 1 acte, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (25 April)
* 1914: ''Le 1er janvier de la sous-préfète'', one act comedy
* 1916: ''Le Locataire est sans pitié'', one act comedy, in verses
* 1920: ''La Poupée américaine'', three acts
operetta
Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...
, with
Victor de Cottens Victor de Cottens (21 August 1862 – 26 February 1956) was a French dramatist, librettist, stage director, and theatre critic.
De Cottens was born in Paris. For the Folies Bergère, he directed every edition of the ''Revue des Folies-Ber ...
,
Armand Lévy and Fernand Rouvray, Alcazar de Brussels (19 February)
* 1926: ''La Double gageure'', unpublished comedy
* undated: ''Un directeur de naguère'', at Théâtre Michel.
;Novelist:
* 1894: ''Contes panachés'', éditions
Calmann-Lévy
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, illustrations by Paul Destez, librairie Paul Ollendorf
* 1924: ''En voilà des histoires'', éditions Ferenczi
* 1924: ''La Plus aimée'', éditions
Albin Michel
* 1924: ''Mlle Charlequine, poule'', éditions Flammarion
;Journalist:
* 1894: ''La Galerie des chefs-d’œuvre''
* 1921: ''La Grande détresse de la poésie française''
* 1929: ''Le Prix de français en Alsace'', 6th year, 1929.
;Screenwriter
* 1908: ', short film (250 m) by
Georges Monca
* 1909: ''Le Dîner du 9'', short film (215 m) by an anonymous director
* 1909: ''La Course au mouchoir'', short film by an anonymous director
* 1910: ''Amis de table d'hôte'', short film by an anonymous director
* 1911: ''Pour voir Paris'', short film by
Albert CapellaniCasino de Saïgon.
''Saïgon sportif'', 6 December 1913, , on .
* 1912: ''Zoé a le cœur trop tendre'', short film (155 m) by an anonymous director.
Awards
* Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
* Officier d'Académie (ministerial order of 19 November 1889)
* Ordre des Palmes académiques (ministerial order of 17 January 1897)
References
Bibliography
* Louis Bethléem, ''Romans à lire et romans à proscrire: essai de classification'', 1925,
* René Bellé, Andrée Fénelon Haas, ''Vingt contes du vingtième siècle'', 1955,
External links
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20th-century French writers
French dramatists and playwrights
French male screenwriters
1864 births
1935 deaths
Writers from Paris