Albert Millaud was a French journalist, writer and stage author, born in Paris, 13 January 1844, and died in the same city on 23 October 1892.Entry in the catalogue of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
accessed 17 May 2016.

Life and career

He was the son of the banker Moïse Millaud, the founder of '' Le Petit Journal''. He studied law (obtaining his doctorate in 1866), but turned his energies to literature and in 1865 published a volume of poetry entitled ''Fantaisies de jeunesse''. Under the pseudonym Oronte, he wrote articles for ''La Gazette de Hollande'' and ''La Revue de poche'' which he founded with Abel d’Avrecourt. For his daily articles in ''

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'', where he covered parliamentary affairs, he also used the pseudonyms La Bruyère, Saint-Simon, Paul Hémery, Lafontaine and Baron Grimm. Millaud's first play, written in 1872, was ''Le Péché véniel''. He was the author of the libretto for several opérettes for

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and

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. He married the singer

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,Jacques Rouchouse, ''Hervé, le père de l'opérette : 50 ans de folies parisiennes'' - éd. Maule, 1994. for whom he wrote ''Lilli'', ''Niniche'', '' La Roussotte'', ''La Femme à papa'' and most memorably ''

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'' (in collaboration with

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). He became a chevalier de la

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in 1877.

Works

Theatre

* 1872: ''Le Péché véniel'', one-act verse play * 1873: ''Plutus'' in collaboration with Gaston Jollivet (later an opéra comique, see below) * 1877: ''La Farce de la femme muette'', after Rabelais, first performed at the

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* 1877: ''Le Collier d'or'', one-act verse play * 1882: ''Lili'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Alfred Hennequin et

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, first performed in Paris at the

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on 11 January 1882 * 1891: ''Le Fiacre 117'', play in three acts, with

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Music

* 1873: ''La Quenouille de verre'': opéra-bouffe en 3 actes, music by Grisart * 1874: '' Madame l'archiduc'', opéra-bouffe, in three acts, music by

* 1875: '' La Créole'', music by Jacques Offenbach * 1875: ''Les Hannetons'', revue de printemps in three acts, five tableaux (with

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), music by Jacques Offenbach * 1875: ''

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'', opéra comique in three acts, music by

* 1878: ''Niniche'', comédie-vaudeville in three acts, with Alfred Hennequin, music by Marius Boullard, first performed at the

on 15 February 1878 * 1879: ''La Femme à papa'', comédie-opérette in three acts, with Alfred Hennequin, music by

, first performed at the

on 3 December 1879. * 1881: '' La Roussotte'', comédie-vaudeville in three acts and a prologue, music by Lecocq, Hervé, etc. * 1883: ''

'', with

, music by Hervé * 1886: ''Egmont'', drame-lyrique in four acts, with Albert Wolff, music by Gaston Salvayre

Literature

* 1865: ''Fantaisies de jeunesse'' - Librairie du ''Petit Journal'' * 1866: ''Physiologies parisiennes'' under the pseudonym « La Bruyère ». 120 dessins de

Caran d'Ache Caran d'Ache was the pseudonym of the 19th century French satirist and political cartoonist Emmanuel Poiré (6 November 1858 – 25 February 1909). The pseudonym comes from russian: карандаш, italic=unset, translit=karandash meani ...

* 1869-1872: ''Petite Némésis'' * 1873: ''Voyage d’un fantaisiste : Vienne, le Danube, Constantinople'' * 1876: ''Lettres du Baron Grimm : Souvenirs, Historiettes et Anecdotes parlementaires'' * 1878: ''Les Petites Comédies de la politique'' * ''La Comédie du jour sous la république athénienne'' - Illustrations de Caran d’Ache. * ''Croquis parlementaire''

References

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