Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny (

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, 1783 – Paris, 1 July 1832) was a French

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. His

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, sometimes signed with different names (C.-F.-J.-B. Moreau, C.-A. Moreau, A. Moreau, Eustache Lasticot or simply M), were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time: (

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 ...

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 ...

, Gymnase dramatique,

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 ...

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Works

*1801: ''Les Portraits au salon, ou le Mariage imprévu'', comédie en 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 ...

, *1801: ''La Vaccine'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with

Théophile Marion Dumersan Théophile Marion Dumersan (4 January 1780, Plou, Cher – 13 April 1849, Paris) was a French writer of plays, vaudevilles, poetry, novels, chanson collections, librettos, and novels, as well as a numismatist and curator attached to the Cabinet ...

*1802: ''Les Amours de la halle'', vaudeville poissard in 1 act, with Charles Henrion *1802: ''Allons en Russie'', vaudeville épisodique in 1 act, with Henrion *1803: ''Cassandre aveugle, ou le Concert d'Arlequin'', comédie-parade in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with

René de Chazet René de Chazet, full name René André Polydore Balthazar Alissan de Chazet, (23 October 1774 – 23 August 1844) was a French playwright, poet and novelist. Short biography The son of an annuities controller, parent of Mackau, the ambassador ...

and Dumersan *1803: ''Cassandre huissier'', comédie-parade in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Henrion *1804: ''Le Dansomane de la rue Quincampoix, ou le Bal interrompu'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Joseph Servières Joseph Servières (20 July 1781 – 3 February 1826online archive of the City of Paris, reconstructed civil status, fiche n° 6/5/ref>) was an early 19th-century French playwright. Biography Servieres made good studies in his hometown and came ...

*1804: ''La Manie de l'indépendance, ou Scapin tout seul'', monologue in prose, mingled with vaudeville, with Dumersan *1804: ''Ossian cadet, ou les Guimbardes'', parodie des ''Bardes'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Dupaty and Chazet *1804: ''Les Vélocifères'', comédie parade in 1 act, with de Chazet and Dupaty *1805: ''Les Chevilles de Maître Adam menuisier de Nevers ou les Poètes artisans'', with Francis *1805: ''La Nouvelle Nouveauté'', comédie épisodique in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Lafortelle *1805: ''Les Femmes colères'', entertainment in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with

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, ...

and Francis, 1805 *1806: ''La Nuit d'auberge'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles *1806: ''Gallet, ou le Chansonnier droguiste'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with

Francis Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural M ...

*1806: ''Voltaire chez Ninon'', historical event in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Lafortelle *1807: ''Une journée chez Bancelin'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, withFrancis *1807: ''Le Panorama de Momus'', inauguration prologue, in prose and vaudevilles, for the new hall of the

, with Francis and Désaugiers *1807: ''Les Bateliers du Niémen'', vaudeville in 1 act, in prose, with

Marc-Antoine Désaugiers Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (1742 – 10 September 1793) was a French composer of numerous operas as well as a cantata on the storming of the Bastille and several pieces of sacred music. He was born in Fréjus. He studied music there but was largely ...

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Francis baron d'Allarde Marie-François-Denis-Thérésa Le Roy Allarde better known as Francis baron d'Allarde (12 March 1778 – 4 October 1841) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright. Biography The son of the politician , he was a journalist in the Un ...

*1808: ''Les Avant-postes du maréchal de Saxe'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Henri-François Dumolard *1808: ''Poisson chez Colbert'', comedy, with Lafortelle *1808: ''Haine aux hommes'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Francis *1808: ''Mincétoff'', parody of Menzikoff, with Desaugiers and Francis *1808 ''Le Bouquet impromptu, presented to the prince archi-chancelier of the Empire, on 24 June 1808, jour de Saint-Jean'' *1808: ''Taconnet chez Ramponneau, ou le Réveillon de la courtille'', comedy foly in 1 act, in prose mingled with couplets, with Francis and Désaugiers *1809: ''Le Petit Courrier ou Comme les femmes se vengent'', comedy in 2 acts, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with

Jean-Nicolas Bouilly Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (24 January 1763 – 14 April 1842) was a French playwright, librettist, children's writer, and politician of the French Revolution. He is best known for writing a libretto, supposedly based on a true story, about a woman who ...

*1809: ''Madame Favart'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Dumolard *1809: ''Un tour de Colalto'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Dumolard *1810: ''Boileau à Auteuil'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, minfled with vaudevilles, with Francis *1810: ''Une visite à Saint-Cyr'' *1810: ''Relâche pour la répétition générale de ''Fernand Cortez'', ou le Grand opéra en province'', parody in 1 act, with Rougemont and Merle *1810: ''Les Époux de trois jours, ou J'enlève ma femme'', comedy in 2 acts, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Ourry *1810: ''Les Sabotiers béarnais, ou la Faute d'orthographe'', vaudeville in 1 act, in prose, with Chavagnac *1811: ''L'Exil de Rochester ou la Taverne'', comédie anecdotique in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Dumolard *1811: ''La Petite Gouvernante'', comedy in 2 acts and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with

Michel-Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac Michel-Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, full name Adolphe Michel Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, (Paris, 3 July 1770 – Passy, 27 May 1846) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright. Biography After a career in the army, he became known in the ...

*1812: ''L'Anglais à Bagdad'', comédie-anecdote in 1 act, in prose, mingled with de vaudevilles, with

Maurice Ourry Maurice Ourry (19 October 1776 – 19 February 1843) was a French poet, playwright and journalist. Biography After his studies at the College of Juilly, he moved to Paris in 1794. His career was launched with his first vaudeville, ''La Danse i ...

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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 ...

*1812: ''Jérusalem déshabillée'', with Ourry and Théaulon *1812: ''Paris volant, ou la Fabrique d'ailes'', folie-épisodique en 1 act, in prose and in vaudevilles, with Ourry and Théaulon *1812: ''La Chevalière d'Éon, ou les Parieurs anglais'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Ourry *1813: ''Le Château d'If'', comedy in 1 act and in vaudevilles *1813: ''Tout pour l'enseigne, ou la Manie du jour'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Lafortelle,

Nicolas Brazier Nicolas Brazier (17 February 1783, Paris - 18 February 1838) was a French chansonnier and vaudevillist. Life Son of a boarding school master and author of school manuals, Brazier's education was however strongly neglected due to the French Revo ...

and Merle *1814: ''Monsieur Crouton, ou l'Aspirant au salon'', pièce grivoise in 1 act, with Lafortelle and Francis *1814: ''Le Voile d'Angleterre, ou la Revendeuse à la toilette'',

comédie en vaudevilles The ''comédie en vaudevilles'' () was a theatrical entertainment which began in Paris towards the end of the 17th century, in which comedy was enlivened through lyrics using the melody of popular vaudeville (song), vaudeville songs.Barnes 2001. ...

in 1 act *1815: ''La Bouquetière anglaise'', comédie-anecdote ei 1 acti, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles *1815: ''Le Cordier de Samarcande, ou Tout tient au bonheur'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with couplets, with Lafortelle *1815: ''Le Vaudeville en vendanges'', petit à-propos villageois in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Désaugiers and Chavagnac *1816: ''Les Caméléons'',

in 1 act, in prose, with

Pierre-Jean de Béranger Pierre-Jean de Béranger (19 August 178016 July 1857) was a prolific France, French poet and Chansonnier (singer), chansonnier (songwriter), who enjoyed great popularity and influence in France during his lifetime, but faded into obscurity in the ...

*1816: ''Les Visites bourgeoises, ou le Dehors et le dedans'', short sketch of a large

tableau Tableau (French for 'little table' literally, also used to mean 'picture'; tableaux or, rarely, tableaus) may refer to: Arts * ''Tableau'', a series of four paintings by Piet Mondrian titled ''Tableau I'' through to ''Tableau IV'' * ''Tableau viv ...

, in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Désaugiers and Chavagnac *1817: ''Les Deux Gaspard'', comédie en vaudevilles, with Pierre Capelle *1817: ''Les Deux Précepteurs'', comédie en vaudevilles, with Scribe *1818: ''Baboukin, ou le Sérail en goguette'', vaudeville in 1 act, with A.-M. Lafortelle and

Jean-Toussaint Merle Jean-Toussaint Merle (10 June 1785– 27 February 1852) was a French playwright and journalist. Biography Merle had a good education at the Central School of the department of Hérault before arriving in Paris in 1803. At first an employee at ...

*1818: ''Il n'y a plus d'enfants, ou la Journée d'un pensionnat'', tableau en vaudevilles, with Pierre-Frédéric-Adolphe Carmouche and

Henri Dupin Jean-Henri Dupin (1 September 1791 – 5 April 1887) was a French librettist and dramatist. He authored more than 200 pieces, of which fifty were written in collaboration with Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 Februa ...

*1818: ''L'Innocente et le Mirliton'', vaudeville grivois in 1 act, with Carmouche and

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 ...

*1818: ''Un second Théâtre-Français, ou le Kaléidoscope théâtral'', review in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Carmouche, Dupin and de Lurieu *1819: ''La Robe feuille-morte'',

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 ...

, mingled with couplets, with Jean-Baptiste Dubois *1820: ''Le Sac vert, pot pourri, ou Récit véridique du procès de la reine d'Angleterre'' *1820: ''Chansons et poésies diverses'' *1821: ''La Femme du sous-préfet, ou le Charlatan'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with couplets, with Sewrin *1821: ''Les Joueurs, ou la Hausse et la baisse'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Francis *1821: ''Scène ajoutée au Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle pour l'anniversaire de la naissance de Molière'', with Mélesville and Scribe *1822: ''Le Comédien d'Étampes'', with Charles-Augustin Sewrin *1822: ''Le Garde-moulin'', comédie en vaudevilles, with Sewrin *1822: ''Kabri le sabotier, ou les Chiquenaudes'', comédie-

féerie ''Féerie'', sometimes translated as "fairy play", was a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. ''Féeries'' blended music, dancing, pantomime, and ...

in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Sewrin *1827: ''Mémoires historiques et littéraires sur F.-J. Talma'' *1827: ''Masaniello'', historical drama in 4 acts, with Lafortelle7 *1829: ''Le Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle'',

prologue A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ...

in vaudeville, 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� ...

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Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...

*1829: ''La Grisette mariée'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with

Armand d'Artois Armand d'Artois (3 October 1788 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist, and also Achille d'Artois's brother. Biography Trained for the bar, he first worked as an attorney but the success of his play ''Les Fin ...

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Louis-Émile Vanderburch Louis-Émile Vanderburch (30 September 1794 – 30 March 1862) was a 19th-century French writer and playwright. The painter Dominique Joseph Vanderburch (1722–1785) was his grandfather. Biography After he started a career in teaching as a p ...

*1830: ''L'Auberge d'Auray'', lyrical drama in 1 act, with Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny,

Ferdinand Hérold Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (28 January 1791 – 19 January 1833), better known as Ferdinand Hérold (), was a French composer. He was celebrated in his lifetime for his operas, of which he composed more than twenty, but he also wrote ballet mus ...

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Michele Carafa Michele Enrico Francesco Vincenzo Aloisio Paolo Carafa di Colobrano (17 November 1787 – 26 July 1872) was an Italian opera composer. He was born in Naples and studied in Paris with Luigi Cherubini. He was Professor of counterpoint at the Par ...

*1830: ''Philibert marié'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Scribe *1831: ''La Langue musicale'',

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 ...

in 1 act, with Gabriel de Lurieu *1825: ''Un mois de fidélité'', with

Achille d'Artois Louis Charles Achille d'Artois de Bournonville (17 March 1791 - 2 December 1868) was a French writer, libretist and dramatist. Biography A very prolific librettist, his plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages during hi ...

, posthumous *undated: ''La Tante Loriot'', one-act vaudeville, with

Alfred Delacour Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...

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Antoine-Vincent Arnault Antoine-Vincent Arnault (1 January 176616 September 1834) was a French playwright. Life Arnault was born in Paris. His first play, ''Marius à Minturne'' (1791), immediately established his reputation. A year later he followed with a second ...

Antoine Jay Antoine Jay (20 October 1770, Guîtres – 9 April 1854, Courgeac) was a French writer, journalist, historian and politician. Biography At first an Oratorian at Niort, he studied law at Toulouse then became a lawyer, then briefly worked as the ...

Étienne de Jouy Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Scientists and inventors * ...

, ''Biographie nouvelle des contemporains'', 1824, p. 390
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* Pierre-Charles-Tr. Desrochers, ''Nécrologe de 1832 ou notices historiques sur les hommes les plus marquants'', 1833, p. 220 *

Joseph Marie Quérard Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, ''La Littérature contemporaine'', 1834, p. 292-293 * Charles Weiss, '' Biographie universelle'', 1841, p. 286

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