Arthur de Beauplan (20 June 1823 – 11 May 1890 ''Le Figaro''
12 mai 1890.), The son of the writer and composer Amédée de Beauplan, he wrote numerous

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 and

libretti A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major l ...

for opéras comiques for

Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets ''Giselle'' (1841) and '' Le corsaire'' (1856), his operas '' Le po ...

('' La poupée de Nuremberg'',

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Ferdinand Poise Jean Alexandre Ferdinand Poise (3 June 1828 – 13 May 1892) was a French composer, mainly of opéra-comiques, for which he also frequently wrote the librettos. Career Born in Nimes, Poise studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under the tut ...

(''Bonsoir, voisin'',

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping R ...

) or

Théodore Dubois Clément François Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1861. He bec ...

(''Le Pain bis ou La Lilloise'', 1879), in collaboration in particular with

Adolphe de Leuven Adolphe de Leuven (30 September 1802 – 14 April 1884) was a French theatre director and a librettist. Also known as Grenvallet, and Count Adolph Ribbing. He was the illegitimate son of Adolph Ribbing, who was involved in the assassination of G ...

and Léon Lévy Brunswick. He was made a knight in the Order of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

in 1858. In 1868, he was appointed Imperial Commissioner of the Théâtre de l'Odeon then of the opera houses and of the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

Vapereau Head office of the theaters, he became Deputy Director in the

Académie des Beaux-Arts An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

in 1871.

Works

;Theatre *''Les Suites d'un feu d'artifice'', vaudeville in 1 act with Clairville and Léon Battu, 14 November 1848,

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 ...

*''Les Grenouilles qui demandent un roi'', vaudeville in 1 act with Clairville and J. Cordier, 26 February 1849, Gymnase-Dramatique *''La Montagne qui accouche'', vaudeville in 1 act with Charles Varin, 30 May 1849, Gymnase-Dramatique *''Rosette et nœud coulant'', vaudeville en 1 act with

Mélesville Baron Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier, pen-name Mélesville (13 December 1787 in Paris – 7 November 1865 in Marly-le-Roi) was a French dramatist. The playwright Mélesville fils was his son. Life The son of Honoré-Nicolas-Marie Duveyrier, M� ...

, 19 January 1850, Théâtre Montansier *''Un coup d’État'', vaudeville in 1 act with

and Léon Lévy Brunswick, 25 February 1850, Théâtre du Gymnase *''L'Amour mouillé'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act with

Michel Carré Michel Carré (20 October 1821, Besançon – 27 June 1872, Argenteuil) was a prolific French librettist. He went to Paris in 1840 intending to become a painter but took up writing instead. He wrote verse and plays before turning to writing lib ...

and

Jules Barbier Paul Jules Barbier (8 March 182516 January 1901) was a French poet, writer and opera librettist who often wrote in collaboration with Michel Carré. He was a noted Parisian bon vivant and man of letters.Jean-François Bayard Jean-François Alfred Bayard (17 March 1796, Charolles, Saône-et-Loire – 20 February 1853, Paris) was a French playwright. He was the nephew of fellow playwright Eugène Scribe. Life As a law student and a lawyer's clerk, Bayard wrote with p ...

, 24 November 1851, Théâtre du Vaudeville *''Claudine ou les Avantages de l'inconduite'', étude pastorale et berrichonne with

Paul Siraudin Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, mai ...

, 22 February 1851,

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history ...

*''Thérèse, ou Ange et Diable'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts with Jean-François Bayard, 29 October 1852, Théâtre du Gymnase *''Élisa ou Un chapitre de l'Oncle Tom'', comedy in acts, 21 February 1853, Théâtre du Gymnase *''Boccace ou le Décaméron'', comedy in 5 acts mingled with song with Jean-François Bayard, Adolphe de Leuven and Léon Lévy Brunswick, 23 February 1853, Théâtre du Vaudeville *''Un notaire à marier'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts with

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 ...

*''Un coup de vent'', vaudeville in 1 act with Varin and Léon-Lévy Brunswick, 22 May 1853, Théâtre du Palais-Royal *''Le Lys dans la vallée'', drama in 5 acts after Balzac with

Théodore Barrière Théodore Barrière (1823 – 16 October 1877), French playwright, was born in Paris. He belonged to a family of map engravers which had long been connected with the war department, and spent nine years in that service himself. The success o ...

, 14 June 1853, Théâtre-Français *''Un feu de cheminée'', vaudeville in 1 act with

Eugène Labiche Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Théâtre de l'Odéon *''Les Plantes parasites ou la Vie en famille'', comedy in 4 acts, 7 May 1862, Théâtre du Vaudeville ;Opéras comiques *''La Poupée de Nuremberg'', opéra comique in 1 act with

, music by

, 21 February 1852, Théâtre-Lyrique *''Guillery le Trompette'', opéra comique in 2 acts with Adolphe de Leuven, music by Salvatore Sarmiento, 8 December 1852, Théâtre-Lyrique *''Bonsoir, voisin'', opéra comique in 1 act with Léon Lévy Brunswick, music by

, 18 September 1853, Théâtre-Lyrique *''Dans les vignes'', tableau villageois in 1 act with Louis Lhérie, music by

Louis Clapisson Louis Clapisson (15 September 1808 – 19 March 1866) was a French composer and violinist. He composed numerous art songs as well as 22 operas, largely in the opéra comique genre. In his later years he was a professor of harmony at the Paris C ...

, 31 December 1854, Théâtre-Lyrique * ''Mam'zelle Geneviève'', opéra comique in 2 acts with Léon Lévy Brunswick, music byAdolphe Adam, 24 March 1856, Théâtre-Lyrique *''Le Pain bis ou La Lilloise'', opéra comique in 1 act with Léon Lévy Brunswick, music by

, 26 February 1879, Opéra-Comique ;Texts *1843: ''Le Monument de Molière'', Breteau et Pichery, Paris *1883: ''Dix Satires, avec prologue et épilogue'', Librairie universelle, Paris *1885: ''Les Sept Paroles'', Librairie des auteurs modernes, Paris Source
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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 ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1893,
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''Gallica'') * Christian Goubault, « Arthur de Beauplan » ''in'' Joël-Marie Fauquet (dir.), ''Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIXe siècle'',

Fayard Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre. In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ...

, Paris, 2003

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauplan, Arthur de 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French librettists Knights of the Legion of Honour Writers from Paris 1823 births 1890 deaths