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 practised from 1841, Delacour turned progressively to the theatre. He collaborated with

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 ...

Titles and decorations

Knight of the Legion of honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

(7 August 1867 decree) His entry on the

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wrongly calls him ''Alfred-Charlemagne'' which was his

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

Plays

''Le Courrier de Lyon'' (1850) was one of Delacour's noted plays. It was written together with Eugène Moreau and

Paul Siraudin Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, mai ...

. The play was based on the story of Joseph Lesurques, an innocent man who was executed after he was mistaken for the leader of a gang who brutally murdered a courier. Aside from his collaborations with Labiche and Clairville, Delacour also worked with Lambert Thiboust on ''Le diable'' (1880), a French drama. Some of the playwright's vaudeville plays inspired Clement Scott and Arthur Matthison's ''Great Divorce Case'' (1876) and James Albery's ''

The Pink Dominos ''The Pink Dominos'' is a farce in three acts by James Albery based on the French farce '' Les Dominos roses'' by Alfred Hennequin and Alfred Delacour. It concerns a plan by two wives to test their husbands' fidelity at a masked ball and a misch ...

'' (1877). *1847: ''L'Hospitalité d'une grisette'' by

Mathieu Barthélemy Thouin Mathieu Barthélemy Thouin (born 1804 in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiq ...

and Delacour *1849: ''E. H.'' by Eugène Moreau,

and Delacour This

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 (song), vaudeville songs.Barnes 2001. ...

in one act has been translated into the Russian language by Pavel Feodorov (ru: Павел Степанович Фёдоров) in 1849 under the title ''Az et Fert'' (''Аз и ферт'') which was often performed and then adapted three times for film in the Russian language in

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

and

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. *1850: ''Le Courrier de Lyon'' by Eugène Moreau, Paul Siraudin and Delacour, Théâtre de la Gaîté *1851: ''La fille qui trompe son mari'' by Eugène Moreau and Delacour *1852: ''Paris qui dort'' by

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 Delacour, Théâtre des Variétés *1855: ''Un bal d'auvergnats'' by Paul Siraudin, Delacour and Lambert-Thiboust, Théâtre du Palais-Royal *1856: ''La Queue de la poële'' by Paul Siraudin and Delacour, Théâtre du Palais-Royal *1858: '' Deux merles blancs'' by

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".Un mari à la porte ''Un mari à la porte'' (A Husband at the Door) is an opérette in one act of 1859 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Alfred Delacour (Alfred Charlemagne Lartigue) and Léon Morand. ''Un mari à la porte'' was premiered b ...

'' by Delacour and Léon Morand, opérette in one act with music by Offenbach; Bouffes-Parisiens, Salle Lacaze *1861: ''Les Voisins de Molinchart'' by

Marc-Michel Marc-Antoine-Amédée Michel, known as Marc-Michel (22 July 1812 in Marseille – 12 March 1868 in Paris) was a French poet, playwright and journalist. He is perhaps best known today for the 1851 farce he co-wrote with Eugène Marin Labiche, ''The ...

and Delacour *1862: '' Les Petits Oiseaux'' by Eugène Labiche and Delacour,

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

*1864: ''

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'' by Eugène Labiche and Delacour, Théâtre du Palais-Royal *1864: '' Le Point de mire'' by Eugène Labiche and Delacour, Théâtre de la Cour *1864: ''Les Femmes sérieuses'' by Paul Siraudin, Alfred and

Ernest Blum Ernest Blum (15 August 1836 – 18 September 1907) was a French playwright. Biography He made his debut as a writer at the age of sixteen with ''Une femme qui mord''. As a journalist, he was associated with ''Le Charivari'', '' Le Rappel'', ''Le ...

, Théâtre du Palais-Royal *1865: '' L'Homme qui manque le coche'' by Eugène Labiche and Delacour, Théâtre des Variétés *1865: '' Le Voyage en Chine'' by Eugène Labiche and Delacour, Opéra-Comique *1875: '' Le Procès Veauradieux'' by

Alfred Hennequin Alfred Néoclès Hennequin (13 January 1842 – 7 August 1887) was a Belgian playwright, best known for his farces. Born in Liège, Hennequin was trained there as an engineer, and was employed by the national railway company. In his spare time he w ...

and Delacour. *1876: '' Le roi dort'' by Eugène Labiche and Delacour, Théâtre des Variétés *1876: '' Les Dominos roses'' by Alfred Hennequin and Delacour, Théâtre du Vaudeville

Adaptations for television

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

: '' Célimare le bien-aimé'', by Delacour and Eugène Labiche (1863), television film by

René Lucot René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...

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: ''La Cagnotte'', by Delacour and Eugène Labiche (1864), television film by Philippe Monnier.

Bibliography

* Hippolyte Minier, ''Le théâtre à Bordeaux, étude historique suivi de la nomenclature des auteurs dramatiques bordelais et de leurs ouvrages, établie en collaboration avec Jules Delpit'', Bordeaux, 1883, (p. 53)

References

External links

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on Data.bnf.fr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Delacour, Alfred 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Writers from Bordeaux 1817 births 1883 deaths