Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1 September 1799, in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

– 3 July 1865, in Paris) was a 19th-century French

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. A secretary at the

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, his

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were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the

Théâtre du Panthéon The Théâtre du Panthéon was a theatre building in Paris, at 96 (now 46) rue Saint-Jacques ( 5th arrondissement). It opened in 1832 and closed in 1844. It was named after the nearby Panthéon. History It was built in 1831 on the remains of the ...

and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

Œuvres

*1822: ''L'Inconnu, ou les Mystères'',

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in 3 acts, with Morisot *1832: ''Les 20.000 francs'', drama in 1 act mingled with songs, with

Charles Potier Charles Joseph Édouard Potier, called Charles (Bordeaux, 1806 – Asnières-sur-Seine, 28 April 1870) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright. A son of Charles-Gabriel Potier, an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), the Théâtr ...

*1833: ''La Fille du bourreau'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Potier *1834: ''Trois ans après, ou la Sommation respectueuse'', drama in 4 acts, 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 ...

*1835: ''Le bon ange, ou Chacun ses torts'', drame-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Eugène Cormon Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career. Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 15 ...

*1835: ''Le Facteur, ou la Justice des hommes'', drama in 5 acts, with

Charles Desnoyer Charles-Louis-François Desnoyer, or Desnoyers, (6 April 1806 – 6 February 1858) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager. He also wrote under the pen name Anatole de Beaulieu. Short biography He made his debut as act ...

and Potier *1835: ''La Tache de sang'', drama in 3 acts *1836: ''Fanchette, ou l'Amour d'une femme'', drame-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Potier *1836: ''Parce que, ou la Suite de ''Pourquoi ?'' '', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Potier *1836: ''Le Passé, ou A tout péché miséricorde'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 act, with Cormon *1836: ''Le Prévôt de Paris (1369)'', drama in 3 acts, with Cormon *1837: ''L'honneur de ma mère'', drama in 3 acts, with Rimbaut *1837: ''Rita l'espagnole'', drama in 4 acts, with Chabot de Bouin, Desnoyer and

Eugène Sue Marie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (; 26 January 18043 August 1857) was a French novelist. He was one of several authors who popularized the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular and widely imitated ''The Mysteries of Paris'', which ...

*1837: ''Le Domino bleu'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Félix Dutertre de Véteuil *1837: ''Rose Ménard, ou Trop bonne mère'', drama in 3 acts *1838: ''Adriane Ritter'', drama in 5 acts, with Jules Chabot de Bouin *1839: ''Corneille et Richelieu'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Rimbaut *1839: ''Giuseppo'', drama in 5 acts, with Chabot de Bouin *1839: ''Paul Darbois'', drama in 3 acts *1840: ''Denise, ou l'Avis du ciel'', drama in 5 acts, with Rimbaut *1840: ''Paula'', drama in 5 acts, with Chabot de Bouin *1841: ''Le Bourreau des crânes'', vaudeville in 2 acts *1841: ''Paul et Virginie'', drama in 5 acts and 6

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, with Cormon *1842: ''Émery le négociant'', drama in 3 acts, with Hippolyte Rimbaut *1843: ''Les Naufrageurs de Kérougal'', drama in 4 acts,

extravaganza An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes also ha ...

, with Chabot de Bouin and Saint-Yves *1844: ''Jeanne'', drama in 6 parts and 2 periods, with Chabot de Bouin and Saint-Ernest *1845: ''Les Enfants du facteur'', drama in 3 acts *1845: ''Les Ruines de Vaudémont'', drama in 4 acts, with Aristide Letorzec *1845: ''Stephen ou le fils du prescrit'', drama in 4 acts, with

Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois Auguste Anicet, later Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (25 December 1806 – 12 January 1871) was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris. The first play to bear his name is ''L'Ami et le mari, ou le Nouvel Amphitryon'', a vaudeville in one act. It ...

*1846: ''Les Trompettes de Chamboran'', vaudeville in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with Théodore de Lustières *1848: ''Les Œuvres du démon'', melodrama in 5 acts, with

Jules Brésil Jules-Henri Brésil (8 May 1818 – 22 October 1899) was a French writer who collaborated with Adolphe d'Ennery on the librettos of at least two operas. Life Brésil was born in Paris and died in Bois-Colombes. He married mezzo soprano Lucile ...

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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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