Charles-Hippolyte Dubois, better known as Dubois-Davesnes, (23 December 1800 nivôse an IX– 29 June 1874Act n° 497 ()
register of deaths of the year 1874 for the 16th district, Digital archive of the City of Paris. The act mentions he was born in Paris. ) was a 19th-century 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 ...

, actor, theatre director and

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. The sculptor Marguerite-Fanny Dubois-Davesnes (1832-1900) was his daughter.

Biography

A jeweler worker and first prize for tragedy, he began his career at a very young age and aged 16 had his first play ''Maître Frontin à Londres'' presented at Théâtre de la Gaîté 17 April 1816. He made his actor debut 29 October 1822 at Théâtre de l'Odéon then was hired at

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...

(1825), at

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 ...

(1827–1828), again at l'Ambigu (1828-1829) then at l'Odéon (1830) where he obtained a great success in ''

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'' by

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer ...

. Stage director of the Théâtre du Gymnase then of the Théâtre des Variétés (1830-1850), he was general manager of the Théâtre-Français from 1850 to 1873. His plays were given on the most important Parisian stages of his time. He also used the

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s Davenne, Davesne, Dubois, Dubois aîné and Dubois d'Avesnes.BNF authority record.

Works

* 1816: ''Maître Frontin à Londres'', comedy in 1 act * 1827: ''L'Obligeant maladroit'', comedy in 1 act mingled with

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s * 1828: ''Julien et Justine, ou Encore des ingénus'', tableau villageois, with Charles Desnoyer * 1829: ''Caïn'', drama in 2

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mingled with music, with Pierre-François Beauvallet * 1829: ''Le Ménage du maçon, ou les Mauvaises connaissances'', dramatic play in 6 days, with Desnoyer * 1830: ''La Leçon de dessin, ou Mon ami Polycarpe'', comedy in 1 act, with Desnoyer * 1830: ''Les Trois jours'', chant dithyrambique, with Pierre-François Beauvallet * 1832: ''Notre-Dame de Paris'', drama in 3 acts and 7 tableaux after the novel by

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...

* 1834: ''Les Bons maris font les bonnes femmes'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Auguste Lepoitevin de L'Égreville and Valory * 1836: ''Le Muet d'Ingouville'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard and * 1837: ''Farruck le Maure'', drama in 3 acts * 1838: ''Candinot, roi de Rouen'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with Bouffé, Eugène Moreau, and

Henri Horace Meyer Henri Horace Meyer (17 May 1801 – 2 February 1870) was a 19th-century French dramatist and novelist. Managing director of the Théâtre de la Gaîté from 1839 to 1847, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his ti ...

* 1840: ''Le Père Turlututu, ou les Souvenirs'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act * 1840: ''Megani, ou les Comédiens du grand duc'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts * 1842: ''Marie, ou Un dévouement de jeune fille'', drame vaudeville in 3 acts * 1844: ''Une chaîne à rompre'', vaudeville in 1 act * 1844: ''Fleur-de-Genêt'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts * 1844: ''La Parisienne'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Émile Souvestre * 1845: ''Une nuit terrible'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Saintine Xavier Boniface Saintine (10 July 1798 – 21 January 1865) was a French dramatist and novelist. Biography He was born Joseph Xavier Boniface in Paris in 1798. In 1823, he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the Romanticists, entit ...

* 1846: ''Pierre Février'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act * 1848: ''La Reine d'Yvetot'', vaudeville in 1 act * 1863: ''Les Vapeurs de la marquise'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 act

References

Bibliography

* Georges d'Heylli
''Dictionnaire des pseudonymes''
E. Dentu, 1869 (2e éd.), p. 90 * Henry Lyonnet, ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français'', 1911

External links

Charles-Hippolyte Dubois-Davesnes
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