Antoine-Jean Bourlin, better known as Dumaniant, (11 April 1752 – 26 September 1828) was a French comedian, playwright and goguettier. First a lawyer, he was a comedian in Paris until 1798, then patented entrepreneur of shows in the province. In 1802, he was a member of the Parisian

goguette A Goguette was a singing society in France and Belgium, and its members were called ''goguettiers''. As well as providing venues for informal solo and ensemble singing, goguettes also served as places for drinking, socialising, and recreation. Gog ...

''Déjeuners des Garçons de bonne humeur''The first volume published by the goguette ''Déjeuners des Garçons de bonne humeur'' opens with a nominative list of the 14 members, that is 11 chansonniers, including him: Dumaniant, Désaugiers,

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, Francis, Gosse, Ligier, Martainville,

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, Serviere,

Sewrin Sewrin, real name Charles-Augustin Bassompierre, (9 October 1771 – 22 April 1853�Paris», ''Journal de débats'', 24 avril 1853, at Gallica) was a French playwright and goguettier. In addition to his writing of comedies, opéras-comiques, ...

, and 3 musicians: Plantade, Persuis and Piccini fils. See the original of the list o
members of the ''Déjeuners de bonne humeur''

Works

;Theatre * ''Le Médecin malgré tout le monde'', three-act comedy, in prose, Paris,

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, 20 February 1786 * ''Le Dragon de Thionville'', historical fact in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 26 July 1786 * ''Guerre ouverte, ou Ruse contre ruse'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 4 October 1786 * ''La Nuit aux avantures'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 7 February 1787 * ''Les Intrigants, ou Assaut de fourberies'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 6 August 1787 * ''La Belle Esclave, ou Valcour et Zéïla'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with ariettes, music by

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, Paris, Théâtre des Petits Comédiens de Mgr le Comte de Beaujolais, 18 September 1787 * ''L'Amant femme-de-chambre'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 8 November 1787 * ''La Loi de Jatab, ou le Turc à Paris'', one-act comedy in verse, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 1787 * ''Urbélise et Lanval, ou la Journée aux aventures'', three-act comédie-féerie in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 30 April 1788. * ''Les Deux cousins, ou les Français à Séville'', three-act comedy, in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 22 July 1788 * ''L'Honnête homme, ou le Rival généreux'', comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 5 February 1789 * ''Le Secret découvert, ou l'Arrivée du maître'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Versailles, Théâtre Montansier, 24 February 1789 * ''Ricco'', comedy in 2 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 26 November 1789 * ''La Double Intrigue, ou l'Aventure embarrassante'', comedy in 2 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 10 July 1790 * ''La Vengeance'',

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in 5 acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 26 November 1791 Text online
/small> * ''La Journée difficile, ou les Femmes rusées'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Paris,

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 ...

, 19 November 1792 Text online
/small> * ''Beaucoup de bruit pour rien'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, imitated from Calderon, Théâtre des Variétés, 25 February 1793 * ''Isaure et Gernance, ou les Réfugiés religionnaires'', comedy in 3 acts, in prose, Paris, Théâtre de la Cité, 6 November 1794 * ''Les Ruses déjouées'', three-act comedy in prose, Théâtre de la Cité-Variétés, 14 November 1798 * ''Le Duel de Bambin'', one-act comedy in prose, mingled with ariettes, music by citizen Tomeoni, Paris, Théâtre Montansier, 20 June 1800 * ''Les Calvinistes, ou Villars à Nîmes'', one-act historical comedy, in prose, with Pigault-Lebrun, Paris, Théâtre Français de la République, 29 December 1800 * ''Henri et Perrine'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, imitated from Danish, Paris,

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 ...

, 5 February 1801 * ''L'Hermite de Saverne'', tableau en mélodrame des mœurs du XIVe siècle, in 3 acts, in prose, with Thuring, music by

Louis Alexandre Piccinni Louis Alexandre Piccinni (variously Louis Alexandre, Luigi Alessandro or Lodovice Alessandro) (10 September 1779 – 24 April 1850) was a prolific music composer born in Paris of Italian ancestry. Alexandre Piccinni was born in Paris. The gra ...

, Paris, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 16 June 1803 * ''Brisquet et Jolicœur'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Servière, Paris, Théâtre Montansier, 22 January 1804 * ''Soyez plutôt maçon'', one-act comedy, in prose, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 2 April 1804 * ''Les Français en Alger'', two-act

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, in prose, music by Alexandre Piccinni fils, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 28 April 1804 * ''L'Adroite ingénue, ou la Porte secrète'', comedy in 3 acts in verse, imitated from Calderon, 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 ...

, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 3 September 1805 * ''L'Espiègle et le dormeur, ou le Revenant du château de Beausol'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, imitated from German, Paris, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 28 June 1806 * ''L'Homme en deuil de lui-même'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Charles Henrion, Paris, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 15 August 1806 * ''La Famille des badauds'', one-act comedy, imitated from English, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés-Étrangères, 7 March 1807 * ''L'Hôtelier de Milan'', three-act comedy, imitated from the Spaniard Antonio de Solis, Théâtre des Variétés-Étrangères, 5 June 1807 * ''Les Folles raisonnables'', two-act comedies, imitated from English by

George Farquhar George Farquhar (1677The explanation for the dual birth year appears in Louis A. Strauss, ed., A Discourse Upon Comedy, The Recruiting Officer, and The Beaux’ Stratagem by George Farquhar' (Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1914), p. v. Strauss notes ...

'The Inconstant''">The_Inconstant.html" ;"title="'The Inconstant">'The Inconstant'' Théâtre des Variétés-Étrangères, 13 June 1807 * ''Grotius, ou le fort de Loevesteen'', three-act historical melodrama extravaganza, music by Quaisain, Paris, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 20 March 1810 * ''La Femme de 20 ans'', comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 22 October 1811 * ''Qui des deux a raison ? ou la Leçon de danse'', comedy in 1 act and in verse, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 28 September 1813 ;Varia *1797: ''Les Amours et aventures d'un émigré'' *1804: ''Herclès, poème en 3 chants, suivi de la Création de la femme'' *1811: ''Trois mois de ma vie, ou l'Histoire de ma famille'' (3 volumes) *1813: ''Des Moyens de prévenir la décadence de l'art du comédien et d'assurer le sort de ceux qui exercent cet art'' *1823: ''De la situation des théâtres dans les départements''

References

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