Charles Blondelet, full name Désiré Jacques François Blondelet, (4 November 1820 – 2 December 1888.Archives des Hauts de Seine, commune de Courbevoie, acte de décès n°374, year 1888 (accessdate 29 April 2015)) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and chansonnier. He performed at the

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 ...

from 1858 to 1888.

Works

*1858: ''La-i-tou et Tralala'' in collaboration with Michel Bordet, folie-vaudeville in 1 act ; Dechaume *1859: ''Ah, il a des bottes, Bastien'',

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 ; Librairie Théâtrale *1859: ''Le diable au corps'', féérie-vaudeville in 1 act ; Librairie Théâtrale *1868: ''Le beau Paris'', in collaboration with

Félix Baumaine Félix Baumaine, full name Félix Gratien Baumaine, (4 December 1828 – 3 January 1881Archives des Hauts de Seine, commune de Courbevoie, death certificate n°4, year 1881 (accessdate 5 May 2015)) was a 19th-century French playwright, composer a ...

, saynete-bouffe set in music by Léon Roques ; Egrot *1868: ''Deux auteurs incompris'', opérette bouffe in 1 act set in music by Félix Jouffroy ; Librairie Théâtrale *1879: ''L'assommoir procédé d'une conférence sur l'Assommoir'', ambiguë parodie in 1 act in collaboration with

; Le Bailly *1883: ''Les Rois s'amusent, ou les Deux Henriot'', operetta in 1 act set in music by Édouard Deransart ; Feuchot

Theatre

*1860: ''Oh ! là là ! qu' c'est bête tout ça !'' de Clairville and Théodore Cogniard,

*1861: '' L'Amour en sabots'' by

Eugène Labiche Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".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 ...

, Théâtre des Variétés *1865: '' L'Homme qui manque le coche'' by Eugène Labiche and Alfred Delacour, Théâtre des Variétés *1869: ''Le Mot de la fin'' by Clairville and

Paul Siraudin Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, mai ...

, Théâtre des Variétés *1870: ''Le Ver rongeur'' by

Jules Moinaux Jules Moinaux, real name Joseph-Désiré Moineaux or Moineau"Moinaux or Moineau? The surname appears never to have been finally determined. Joseph-Désiré's father enrolled his son as Moineau but himself signed Moinaux. An uncle, born in 1826, is ...

and Henry Bocage, Théâtre des Variétés *1873: ''Les Merveilleuses'' by

Victorien Sardou Victorien Sardou ( , ; 5 September 18318 November 1908) was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play. He also wrote several plays that were made into popular 19th-centur ...

, Théâtre des Variétés *1875: ''La Revue à la vapeur'' by Paul Siraudin, Henri Blondeau and Hector Monréal,

*1875: ''Les Trois Épiciers'' by Joseph-Philippe Lockroy and Anicet Bourgeois, Théâtre des Variétés *1875: ''Les Bêtises d'hier'' by Clairville, Hippolyte Cogniard and Paul Siraudin, Théâtre des Variétés *1876: '' Le roi dort'' by Eugène Labiche and Alfred Delacour, Théâtre des Variétés

Sources

* Angelo de Gubernatis :
Dictionnaire international des écrivains du jour (page 339)
' 1888-1891

References

External links

Charles Blondelet
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