Arsène de Cey, real name François-Arsène Chaise de Cahagne (2 March 1806 - 20 November 1887) was a 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 ...
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novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
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A civil servant at the Ministry of Public Works (1858), his
plays
Play most commonly refers to:
* Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment
* Play (theatre), a work of drama
Play may refer also to:
Computers and technology
* Google Play, a digital content service
* Play Framework, a Java framework
* Pla ...
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 ...
*1833 : ''La Fille du curé'', roman de mœurs
*1833 : ''Jean le bon apôtre'', roman de mœurs
*1835 : ''Sagesse, ou la Vie d'étudiant'', roman, 4 vols.
*1836 : ''La Jolie Fille de Paris'', 4 vols.
*1836 : ''Le Premier Pas'', roman
Theatre
*1837 : ''Vingt ans après'', comedy in 1 act, mixed with distincts, with
Paul Duport
Nicolas-Paul Duport (22 April 1798 – 26 December 1866) was a French dramatist and librettiste who also wrote under the pen names M. P. D., Paulin and Erbert.
Theatre
* 1824 : ''Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à 2 maris'', comédie-vaudeville in ...
*1842 : ''Quand on n'a rien à faire'', comedy-vaudeville in 2 acts, with
Lockroy
Joseph-Philippe Simon, called Lockroy (February 17, 1803 – January 19, 1891)Death notice in ''
Laurencin
Laurencin, real name Paul-Aimé Chapelle, (10 January 1806 - 9 December 1890) was a French playwright and librettist.
He authored numerous theatre plays, vaudevilles and operettas, most of them in collaboration. '' Le 66'' and '' Monsieur et ...
*1840 : ''Les Caprices'', comedy-vaudeville en 1 act, with
Léon Halévy
Léon Halévy (4 January 1802 – 2 September 1883) was a French civil servant, historian, and dramatist.
Early life
Born to a Jewish family in Paris, Léon was the son of the writer and chazzan Élie Halévy and the younger brother of the ...
*1848 : ''La Fiancée du prince'', comedy-vaudeville in 3 acts, with
Antonin d'Avrecourt
Antonin Ernest d'Avrecourt, also known under the pseudonym Ernest-Georges Petitjean, was a French playwright of the 19th century, mostly known for his comedies and vaudevilles.
His plays, signed under several pseudonyms, were performed on the m ...
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Ernest-Georges Petitjean
Antonin Ernest d'Avrecourt, also known under the pseudonym Ernest-Georges Petitjean, was a French playwright of the 19th century, mostly known for his comedies and vaudevilles.
His plays, signed under several pseudonyms, were performed on the m ...
*1848 : ''Monsieur le duc et Madame la duchesse'', comedy-vaudeville in 2 acts
*1850 : ''Le Mari d'une Camargo'', comedy-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Laurencin
*1852 : ''L'Ami du roi de Prusse'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with
Charles Varin
Charles Voirin, called Varin, (20 January 1798 (1er pluviôse an VI) – 24 April 1869) was a 19th-century French playwright.
He also wrote under the pen names V. Warin and Victor.
Biography
Destined by his father to the profession of nota ...
*1854 : ''Quand on n'a pas le sou...'', vaudeville in 1 act, with
Gustave Harmant
Gustave Dardoize (18 April 1824 – 18 November 1864), known as Gustave Harmant, was a 19th-century French playwright from Paris.
Harmant was managing director of the Théâtre de la Gaité and later of the Théâtre du Vaudeville (1864-1865). Hi ...
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Louis Gustave Vapereau
Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''.
Biography
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