Aristide Letorzec more known under the

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Lajariette (

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, 1808 –

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, 18 November 1848) was a 19th-century French

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and 's brother.

Short biography

Among other plays, he made his actor debut in ''Zara ou la Sœur de l'Arabe'' (1837) or ''Geneviève de Brabant'' (1838) at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, before his own plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and the

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 ...

. Letorzec was managing director of the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques from 1843 until his death.

Works

*1839: ''Allons à la chaumière'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Edmond-Frédéric Prieur *1843: ''Un mauvais père'', drama in 3 acts, mingled with song, with

Lubize Lubize, real name Pierre-Michel Martin or Martin-Lubize (21 February 1798 (3 ventôse an VI)

*1843: ''La Première Cause'', drama in 3 acts *1844: ''Paris diabolique'', vaudeville in 1 act *1845: ''Les Enfants du facteur'', drama in 3 acts, with

Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1 September 1799, in Paris – 3 July 1865, in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright. A secretary at the Théâtre des Variétés, his plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time in ...

*1845: ''L'Homme et la Mode'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with

Lubize Lubize, real name Pierre-Michel Martin or Martin-Lubize (21 February 1798 (3 ventôse an VI)

*1845: ''Parlez au portier'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe d'Ennery *1845: ''Les Ruines de Vaudémont'', four-act drama, with Boulé *1848: ''L'Ange de ma tante'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Alfred Delacour 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 prac ...

Bibliography

* Joseph Marie Quérard, ''Les Supercheries littéraires dévoilées'', 1850, p. 360. * Joseph Marie Quérard, Félix Bourquelot, Charles Louandre, ''La Littérature française contemporaine. XIX'', 1854, p. 123. * J.M. Quérard, ''La France littéraire'', 1857, p. 249. * Henri Rossi, ''Le Diable dans le vaudeville au XIXe'', 2003, p. 27. {{DEFAULTSORT:Letorzec, Aristide 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French theatre managers and producers Writers from Nantes 1808 births 1848 deaths