Charles-Joseph Chambet (6 September 1792 – 16 November 1867
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'' Revue du Lyonnais'', 1880, p.283) was a French
bookseller,
essayist,
bibliophile and
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 ...
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A bookseller in Lyon, his
plays were presented at the
Théâtre des Célestins
The Théâtre des Célestins is a theatre building on Place des Célestins in Lyon, France. It was designed by Gaspard André, and inaugurated in 1877, then in 2005. Alongside the Comédie-Française and the théâtre de l'Odéon, it is one of fe ...
.
Works
*1815: ''Le conducteur de l'étranger à Lyon''
*1816: ''Emblèmes des fleurs, ou Parterre de Flore''
*1822: ''Almanach des Muses de Lyon et du Midi de la France''
*1822: ''Le langage de l'amour'', in prose and in verses
*1823: ''Tablettes historiques et littéraires''
*1823: ''Extrait du catalogue de la librairie de Chambet fils aîné''
*1824: ''Anecdotes du dix-neuvième siècle et de la fin du dix-huitième, la plupart secrètes et inédites''
*1824: ''Les souvenirs d'un oisif, ou l'esprit des autres''
*1824: ''Amour et galanterie'',
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 ...
in 1 act, with Liénard
*1828: ''Choix de caractères, anecdotes, petits dialogues philosophiques, maximes et pensées''
*1830: ''Laurette ou Trois mois à Paris'',
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 3 acts and 3 periods, with A.-F. Liénard and
Eugène de Lamerlière Eugène de Lamerlière, full name Hugues-Marie Humbert Bocon de La Merlière, (5 January 1797 in Saint-Marcellin, Isère – c. 1841 in Blida, Algeria) was a French writer and playwright.
Biography
Born into a family of the nobility of the Daup ...
*1831: ''Histoire de l'inondation''
*1833: ''Théodore''
*1836: ''Guide pittoresque de l'étranger à Lyon''
*1853: ''Nouveau guide pittoresque de l’étranger à Lyon''
Bibliography
* ''Biographie contemporaine des gens de lettres de Lyon'', 1826, p. 22-23
Read on line
*
Joseph Marie Quérard, ''Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées'', Vol.5, 1853, p. 102
References
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19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French booksellers
French bibliophiles
People from Rhône (department)
1792 births
1867 deaths