Baron Auguste Creuzé de Lesser (3 October 1771 – 14 August 1839) was a French poet, playwright,

librettist 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 litu ...

and politician.

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*1790: ''Satires de

Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the ''Satires''. The details of Juvenal's life ...

, traduction en prose'' *1796: ''Le Seau enlevé, poème héroï-comique, imitated from Tassoni, suivi d'un choix des stances les plus intéressantes de l'auteur italien et de quelques poésies'' *1806: ''Voyage en Italie et en Sicile, fait en 1801 et 1802'' Text online
at Gallica *1811: ''La Table ronde'', poem *1812: ''Roland'', poem *1813: ''Amadis de Gaule, poème, faisant suite à la Table ronde'' *1814: ''

El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and warlord in medieval Spain. Fighting with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ''al-sīd'', which would evolve into El ...

, romances espagnoles imitées en romances françaises'' *1825: ''Apologues'' *1831: ''Le Dernier Homme, poème imité de

Grainville Grainville () is a former commune in the Eure department in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val d'Orger.Friedrich von Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...

*1798: ''Les Français à Cythère'', comedy in 1 act in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with René-André-Polydore Alissan de Chazet and

Emmanuel Dupaty Louis Emmanuel Dupaty (31 July 1775 – 30 July 1851) was a French playwright, naval officer, chansonnier, journalist and administrator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. His brother was the sculptor Louis Dupaty. Works ;Theatre * ''Figaro, ...

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 ...

, 17 March *1799: ''Ninon de Lenclos, ou l'Épicuréisme'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre des Troubadours, 2 September *1799: ''La Clef forée, ou la Première Représentation'', anecdote en vaudevilles in 1 act, with François-Pierre-Auguste Léger, Théâtre des Troubadours, 17 October *1806: ''Monsieur Deschalumeaux ou la Soirée de carnaval'', opéra bouffon in three acts, music by

Pierre Gaveaux Pierre Gaveaux (9 October 1761 – 5 February 1825) was a French operatic tenor and composer, notable for creating the role of Jason in Cherubini's ''Médée'' and for composing '' Léonore, ou L’amour conjugal'', the first operatic version of t ...

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief rival, the Comédie-Italienne ...

, 17 February *1806: ''Le Déjeuner de garçons'', comedy mingled with music,

Théâtre Feydeau The Théâtre Feydeau (), a former Parisian theatre company, was founded in 1789 with the patronage of Monsieur, Comte de Provence (later to become Louis XVIII), and was therefore initially named the Théâtre de Monsieur. It began performing in t ...

, 24 April *1807: ''L'Amante sans le savoir'', one-act

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...

, music by

Jean-Pierre Solié Jean-Pierre Solié (also Soulier, Solier, Sollié; 1755 in Nîmes – 6 August 1812 in Paris) was a French cellist and operatic singer. He began as a tenor, but switched and became well known as a baritone. He sang most often at the Paris Opér ...

, Théâtre Feydeau *1809: ''Le Secret du ménage'', comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre-Français, 25 May Text online
/small> *1809: ''La Revanche'', three-act comedy, with François Roger,

Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...

, 15 July *1809: ''Le Diable à quatre, ou la Femme acariâtre'', three-act opéra comique, after

Michel-Jean Sedaine Michel-Jean Sedaine (2 June 1719 – 17 May 1797) was a French dramatist and librettist, especially noted for his librettos for '' opéras comiques'', in which he took an important and influential role in the advancement of the genre from th ...

, music by

, Théâtre Feydeau, 30 November *1810: ''Le Présent de noces, ou le Pari'', one-act opéra comique, music by

Henri François Berton Henri François Berton called Berton fils (3 May 1784, in Paris – 19 July 1832, in Paris) was an early 19th-century French composer. Pierre Montan Berton was his grandfather and Henri-Montan Berton Henri-Montan Berton (17 September 1767 ...

, Théâtre Feydeau, 2 January *1801: ''Les Deux Espiègles'', one-act comédie en vaudeville, with François Roger, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 8 January *1811: ''Le Magicien sans magie'', two-act opéra comique, with François Roger, Opéra-Comique, 4 November *1811: ''Ninette à la cour'', opéra comique in 2 acts and in verse, after

Charles-Simon Favart Charles Simon Favart (13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him. Biography Born in Paris, the son of a pastry-cook, he was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, a ...

, music by Henri Montan Berton, Opéra-Comique, 24 December *1811: ''Le Billet de loterie'', one-act comedy, mingled with ariettes, with François Roger, music by Nicolas Isouard, Opéra-Comique, 14 September *1813: ''Le Nouveau Seigneur de village'', one-act opéra comique, with Edmond de Favières, music by

François-Adrien Boieldieu François-Adrien Boieldieu (, also ) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". His date of birth was also cited as December 15 by his biographer and writer Lucien Augé de Lass ...

, Opéra-Comique, 29 June *1813: ''Mlle de Launay à la Bastille'', one-act historical comedy, mingled with ariettes, with François Roger, Opéra-Comique, 16 December *1932: ''Le Prince et la Grisette'', comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 11 January

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*Anonyme, ''Répertoire général du Théâtre-Français, composé des tragédies, comédies et drames des auteurs du premier et du second ordre, restés au Théâtre-Français'', H. Nicolle, Paris, vol. XXIV, 1817, (p. 113). *

Ferdinand Hoefer Jean Chrétien Ferdinand Hoefer (German: ''Ferdinand Höfer'', 21 April 1811, Döschnitz – 4 May 1878) was a German-French physician and lexicographer. He is now known for his many works on the history of science. Selected works *''Élément ...

, ''Nouvelle Biographie générale'', Firmin-Didot, Paris, vol. XII, 1855, col. 453-454. *

Pierre Larousse Pierre Athanase Larousse (23 October 18173 January 1875) was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume ''Grand dict ...

, ''Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe'', vol. V, 1869, (p. 510). *Frédéric Godefroy, ''Histoire de la littérature française depuis le XVIe jusqu'à nos jours'', vol. VII, XIXe, poètes, t. I, 1878, (p. 16-19). *

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