Alfred Desroziers, full name André Jules Alfred Desroziers, (26 January 1807 – 9 March 1870) was a French poet, playwright, and

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His

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were presented on the several Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the

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, the

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, and the

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. He also wrote under the pen name ''Deléris'' and ''Alfred de Léris'' (from his mother's name).

Works

*1833: ''Trois nouvelles et un conte'' *1840: ''Zizine, ou l'École de déclamation'',

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in 1 act *1840: ''Les Oiseaux de Bocace sic"', vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Yves *1840: ''L'Autre ou les Deux maris'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Yves *1840: ''Un mariage russe'',

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in 2 acts, with Félix Dutertre de Véteuil *1840: ''Misère et génie'', drama in 1 act, with Henri de Tully *1841: ''La mère et l'enfant se portent bien'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

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and Henri de Tully *1842: ''Les Quatre quartiers de la lune'', drama-vaudeville in 4 acts *1843: ''L'Amour à l'aveuglette'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Édouard Louis Alexandre Brisebarre *1843: ''Un miracle de l'amour'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Eugène Devaux *1844: ''Les Caravanes d'Ulysse'', vaudeville in 2 acts *1844: ''Les Jolies Filles du Maroc'', play in 3 acts, mingled with couplets, with

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*1844: ''Lady Henriette, ou le Marché aux servantes'', drama-vaudeville in 5 acts *1844: ''Le Ménage de Rigolette'', interior

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mingled with songs, in 1 act, with Brisebarre *1844: ''La Tête de singe'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with Dumanoir and Saint-Yves *1845: ''Les Viveurs'', drama in 6 acts mingled with songs, with Clairville *1846: ''Le Châle bleu'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Brisebarre *1846: ''L'Oiseau de paradis'',

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play in 3 acts and 14

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and Guénée *1846: ''Le Baron de Castel-Sarrazin'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Clairville and Saint-Yves *1848: ''Le Gentilhomme campagnard'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Brisebarre *1848: ''Les 20 sous de Périnette'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Brisebarre *1850: ''Portes et Placards'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Charles Varin *1851: ''Royal-tambour'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 act, with Brisebarre *1852: ''Un drôle de pistolet'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Varin *1852: ''L'Habit de Mylord'', opéra comique in 1 act, with Thomas Sauvage *1852: ''La Jolie Meunière'', vaudeville in 1 act *1852: ''Poste restante'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Louis Couailhac *1853: ''Les Moutons de Panurge'', grande lanterne magique in 3 acts and 12 tableaux including 1

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*1855: ''Mes vieux amis'', poetry *1855: ''Le Pâté de canard'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Dutertre *1856: ''L'Orgue de Barbarie'', operetta bouffa in 1 act *1857: ''Au clair de la lune'', operetta in 1 act *1857: ''Le Pot de fer et le Pot de terre'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

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and Ernest-Georges Petitjean *1858: ''Simone'', opérette en 1 act *1860: ''Les Profits du jaloux'', comedy in 1 act *1862: ''Les Deux dots'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

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*1867: ''Le Danseur de corde'', opéra-comique en 2 acts, with Brisebarre *1868: ''Les maris sont esclaves'', comédy in 3 acts, in prose *1869: ''Pourquoi l'on aime'', comédy in 1 act

Bibliography

* Edmond Antoine Poinsot, ''Dictionnaire des pseudonymes'', 1869
"Desroziers (Alfred)", p. 36
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"Léris (André-Jules-Alfred Desroziers, connu sous le nom de De)", vol. 10 (1873), p. 395
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