Armand Joseph Overnay (1 November 1798 – 14 September 1869) was a 19th-century French

chansonnier A chansonnier ( ca, cançoner, oc, cançonièr, Galician and pt, cancioneiro, it, canzoniere or ''canzoniéro'', es, cancionero) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings o ...

and

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 ...

. He was a son of the chansonnier Nicolas Jean Marie Overnay (born in 1769), one of the members of the Soupers de Momus, and an examiner of dramatic works. Armand Joseph Overnay's plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...

, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre du Gymnase, and the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Antoine.

Works

*1819: ''Les Bolivars et les Morillos'', caricatures in action, in 1 act mingled 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 ...

s, with

Gabriel de Lurieu Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom ...

*1820: ''Le Mari confident'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Jean Berrier Jean-François-Constant Berrier (1766, Aire-en-Artois – 12 June 1824, Paris) was an 18th–19th-century French poet, playwright and journalist. Berrier was twenty-five years old when the French Revolution broke out. He was always opposed to it ...

and E. F. Varez *1821: ''L'Épicurien malgré lui'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Berrier *1823: ''Les Deux Lucas'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Berrier *1823: ''Fanny'',

melodrama A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...

in 3 acts, xtravaganza, with Lamarque de Saint-Victor *1824: ''Félix et Roger'',

one-act play A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writi ...

, with Berrier and Hippolyte Lévesque *1825: ''L'Entrée à Reims'', divertissement in 1 act, with

Antoine-Marie Coupart Antoine-Marie Coupart (13 June 1780 – 19 October 1864) was an early 19th-century French playwright and chansonnier, as well as a dramaturge at the Théâtre du Palais Royal (1831–1864). Biography At first an employee in the administration ...

and

Jacques-André Jacquelin Jacques-André Jacquelin (18 March 1776 – 13 August 1827) was a French playwright, lyricist, chansonnier, goguettier and poet. Biography A chief clerk at the Ministry of War, he became inspector of secondary theaters of Paris. Jacquelin aut ...

*1825: ''Les Deux réputations'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Théodore Nézel Théodore Nézel (25 February 1799 – 23 May 1854) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. An employee at the ministry of public instruction, he was appointed managing director of the Théâtre du Panthéon in 1838. His plays, ofte ...

*1826: ''Six mois de constance'', comédy in 1 act, mingled with

couplet A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the ...

s, with Nézel and Berrier *1826: ''Le Banqueroutier'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Nézel *1826: ''La Couturière'', drama in 3 acts, with Nézel *1826: ''La Nuit des noces'', drama in 3 acts, with Nézel *1826: ''La dame voilée'', comedy in 3 acts, with Berrier and Nézel *1826: ''La Chambre de Clairette, ou les Visites par la fenêtre'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel *1827: ''Cartouche'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Nézel *1827: ''Sainte-Périne, ou l'Asile des vieillards'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon and Eugène de Lamerlière *1828: ''Le Chasseur noir'', melodrama in 3 acts extravaganza, with

Benjamin Antier Benjamin Antier, real name Benjamin Chevrillon, (21 March 1787 – 25 April 1870), was a 19th-century French playwright. An author of melodramas and vaudevilles written in collaboration with other dramatists, he is mostly known for his drama ''L ...

Frédérick Lemaître Antoine Louis Prosper "Frédérick" Lemaître (28 July 1800 – 26 January 1876) was a French actor and playwright, one of the most famous players on the celebrated Boulevard du Crime. Biography Lemaître, the son of an architect, was bo ...

and Nézel *1830: ''Les lanciers et les marchandes de modes'', one-act play, mingled with couplets, with Antier, Nézel and Varez *1830: ''Je ne chanterai plus ou Les derniers moments d'un épicurien'', romance, adagio *1831: ''John Bull, ou le Chaudronnier anglais'', play in 2 acts, with Nézel and Varez *1831: ''La Fille unique'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont Michel-Nicolas Balisson, baron de Rougemont (27 February 1781 - 16 July 1840), was a French journalist, novelist and dramatist. Biography His family comes from Sourdeval, in Normandy. He invented the ''mot de Cambronne''.Jacques Logie, Waterlo ...

and Saint-Amand *1831: ''Le Watchman'', drama in 3 acts and 6

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, with Antier and

Adrien Payn Adrien Henri Payn (Paris, 30 July 1800 – Montévrain, 3 October 1855) was a 19th-century French novelist and playwright. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th-century, including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comi ...

*1831: ''Le Tir et le restaurant'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel and Payn *1831: ''Les Fous dramatiques'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Amand *1833: ''Marie-Rose, ou la Nuit de Noël'', drama in 3 acts, with Saint-Amand and Payn *1834: ''Judith et Holopherne'', an episode of the first war of Spain, vaudeville in 2 acts, with

Emmanuel Théaulon Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert (14 August 1787, Aigues-Mortes – 16 November 1841) was a French playwright. A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an ''Ode'' on the birth of the King o ...

and Nézel *1835: ''L'heure du rendez-vous'' *1835: ''Un talisman sous M. de Sartines'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel *1836: ''Le Doyen de Killerine'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, after the novel by

abbé Prévost Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles ( , , ; 1 April 169725 November 1763), usually known simply as the Abbé Prévost, was a French priest, author, and novelist. Life and works He was born at Hesdin, Artois, and first appears with the full nam ...

, with Payn *1837: ''Lebel, ou Le premier valet de chambre'', comédie-vaudeville en un act *1838: ''L'Enfant de Paris, ou Misère et liberté'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel *1840: ''La Peur du tonnerre'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Payn *1846: ''Souvenir de l'Empire'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts *1850: ''Les Deux célibats'', comedy in 3 acts, in prose, with

Jules de Wailly Jules de Wailly, full name Augustin Jules de Wailly (12 September 1806 – 12 July 1866) was a 19th-century French playwright. He was Gustave de Wailly, Gustave and Léon de Wailly's brother. The son of Étienne-Augustin de Wailly, and grandso ...

*1850: ''La famille du mari'', comedy in 3 acts, with de Wailly *1851: ''Contre fortune bon cœur'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with de Wailly

Bibliography

* Joseph Marie Quérard, Félix Bourquelot, Charles Louandre, ''La littérature française contemporaine. XIXe siècle'', 1854, p. 569-570 * Pierre LaroueGabriel-Alexandre Bellesse, ''Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle'' (suppl.), vol.16, 1864 * Jules Gay, ''Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'amour, aux femmes'', 1872, p. 397 {{DEFAULTSORT:Overnay, Armand Joseph 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French chansonniers 1798 births Writers from Paris 1853 deaths

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