Armand Croizette (1766, Lyon – 21 January 1841, Versailles city) was a French librettiste and playwright.

Biography

dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults auth ...

at 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 ...

then at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu,''Le Miroir des spectacles, des lettres, des mœurs et des arts'', 1824, p.4 his plays were performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the

Théâtre des Variétés The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle ...

, and the Théâtre de la Gaité.

Works

*1797: ''Arlequin protégé par la fortune, ou le Riche du moment'', comedy in 3 acts, in prose *1800: ''Maria, ou, La forêt de Limberg'', drama in three acts in prose, with Hector Chaussier, Fleureau de Ligny and

Armand-François Chateauvieux Anne-François-Raymond de Choson de Lacombe called Armand-François Chateauvieux or A.-F.-R.-C.-L. Chateauvieux (25 September 1770 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue – Belgium between 1819 and 1833) was a 19th-century French dramatist and playwright. ...

*1801: ''Le Masque tombé, ou le Bal de l'Opéra'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with P.G.A. Bonel and Chateauvieux *1802: ''Les Aveugles de Franconville'', opera in 1 act, with Chateauvieux *1802: ''Gille en deuil'', opera in 1 act, with

Marc-Antoine Désaugiers Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (1742 – 10 September 1793) was a French composer of numerous operas as well as a cantata on the storming of the Bastille and several pieces of sacred music. He was born in Fréjus. He studied music there but was largely ...

and Jacques-André Jacquelin *1803: ''L'Ivrogne et sa femme'', comédie-parade in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Joseph Ernest Sutton de Clonard *1808: ''M. Dupinceau, ou le Peintre d'enseignes'', facétie, with

Antoine Simonnin Antoine Simonnin, full name Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Simonnin, (Paris, 11 January 1780 – Paris, 14 May 1856) was a 19th-century French writer and dramatist. Simonnin wrote, alone or in collaboration, more than 200 comédies en vaudeville, parodies ...

*1819: ''La Pièce en perce'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudeville, with Edmond Crosnier and Chateauvieux

Bibliography

* Wilhelm Fleischer, ''Dictionnaire de bibliographie Française: Ap - Bh'', vol.2, 1812, (p. 4769) * ''Mémoires de la Société historique et archéologique de l'arrondissement de Pontoise et du Vexin'', vol.20-22, 1898, (p. 60)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Croizette, Armand 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists Writers from Lyon 1766 births 1841 deaths