Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard (17 June 1779 – 5 January 1846) was a 19th-century French playwright and

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. A president of the Caveau Moderne in 1839, he participated to numerous literary publications such as the ''Courrier des Théâtres'', ''La Nouveauté'', the ''Observateur'', the ''Voleur'' and ''La France littéraire''. He wrote many

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...

s under his name or the

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Eugène Décour. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:

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, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis, Piis and Yves Barré, Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets s ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté,

Théâtre du Panthéon The Théâtre du Panthéon () was a theatre building in Paris, at 96 (now 46) rue Saint-Jacques (Paris), rue Saint-Jacques (5th arrondissement of Paris, 5th arrondissement). It opened in 1832 and closed in 1844. It was named after the nearby Panth ...

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The (, 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 1827 was destroyed by fire. A ...

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 The theatre owed its creation to Mademoiselle Montans ...

etc.

Works

*1802: ''L'Amour au village'', opéra-vaudeville in 1 act *1802: ''Elina et Natalie, ou les Hongrois'', drama in 3 acts, translated by

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*1803: ''La Sifflomanie'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Grétry *1804: ''Le Hameau de Chantilly ou Le Retour'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act *1805: ''Un peu de méchanceté'', comedy in 1 act and in verses, with André-Joseph Grétry *1806: ''Jacques Callot à Nancy'', historical comedy in 1 act mingled with couplets *1806: ''Dix mille francs à gagner ou La fille perdue'', arlequinade-vaudeville in 1 act *1806: ''Collin d'Harleville aux Champs-Élysées'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Joseph Aude *1806: ''Le Mariage en poste'', comedy in 1 act and in prose *1806: ''La Paix'',

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vaudeville, with Aude *1807: ''Les Petits ricochets'', imitation in 1 act and in

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. ...

, with Aude *1807: ''Arlequin sourd-muet, ou Cassandre opérateur'', arlequinade en vaudeville, with Aude *1808: ''Mercure à Paris'', arlequinade in 1 act, with Aude *1808: ''La Veille d'une grande fête'', homage in 1 act and in verses, mingled with couplets, with Aude *1810: ''Épître à Désaugiers, l'un des convives du Caveau moderne'' *1813: ''Le Mannequin parlant, ou le Portrait de Dominique'', arlequinade in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Rochefort *1817: ''La Famille des Sans-Gêne ou Les amis du Château'',

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in 1 act *1819: ''L'épée de Jeanne d'Arc'', à propos burlesque et grivois in 1 act *1821: ''Jodelle ou Le berceau du théâtre'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Edmond Rochefort and Hubert *1821: ''Le Dîner d'emprunt, ou les Gants et l'épaulette'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Hubert *1822: ''Le Coq de village'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, by

Charles Simon Favart Charles Simon Favart (; 13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him. Biography Born in Paris, the son of a pastry-cook, he was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, ...

, revived in Theatre with changes, with Charles Hubert and Théodore Anne *1823: ''Les Mariages écossais'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean-Baptiste Pellissier *1823: ''Les Précautions de ma tante'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Hubert *1823: ''Les Petits maraudeurs, ou les Tambours en goguettes'', tableau in 1 act mingled with vaudevilles, with Étienne-Junien de Champeaux and Gombault *1824: ''L'étourdi à la diète'' *1825: ''Les Sœurs de lait'', scènes morales, mingled with couplets, with Alexandre Tardif and Gombault *1825: ''Le Couronnement au village, ou la Route de Reims'', à propos mingled with couplets, with Paul Auguste Gombault *1825: ''Croisée à louer, ou Un jour à Reims'', tableau mingled with vaudevilles, with Gombault *1825: ''Le Petit marchand, ou Chacun son commerce'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Gombault and Auguste Imbert *1826: ''Le Béarnais, ou l'Enfance de Henri IV'', with Jacques-André Jacquelin *1826: ''Monsieur et Madame, ou les Morts pour rire'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Pellissier *1826: ''La Saint-Charles au collège'', with Jacques-André Jacquelin *1827: ''Les Acteurs par hasard, ou la Comédie au jardin'', comedy in 1 act and in prose *1827: ''La petite somnambule ou Coquetterie et gourmandise'', vaudeville in 3 tableaux, with Gomault *1828: ''La Muette des Pyrénées'', play in 2 tableaux and in prose, mingled with couplets *1829: ''Finette, ou l'Adroite princesse'', folie-féerie mingled with couplets, after tales by

Charles Perrault Charles Perrault ( , , ; 12 January 162816 May 1703) was a French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from earlier folk tales, published in his ...

, with Jules Dulong and Gombault *1831: ''M. Mayeux, ou Le Bossu à la mode'', à propos de bosses in 3 tableaux, mingled with vaudevilles, with Emmanuel Lepeintre and

Amable de Saint-Hilaire Amable Vilain de Saint-Hilaire (born 30 November 1799) was a French dramatist whose plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Renaissanc ...

*1832: ''Caméloni, ou Je me venge'', comedy in 1 act and in verses, with Gustave Dalby *1833: ''La Citadelle d'Anvers, ou le Séjour et la conquête'', à propos in 2 acts, mingled with couplets *1833: ''Le Savetier et l'apothicaire'', folie-vaudeville, in 1 act and

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, with

Pierre-Joseph Charrin Pierre-Joseph Charrin (2 February 1784 – 25 April 1863) was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier A goguette () was a singing society in France and Belgium, and its members were called ''goguettiers''. As well as ...

and Pierre Tournemine *1833: ''Le Gamin'', folie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Lubize *1835: ''Trois femmes, ou les Bonnes amies'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Tradif and Tourret *1836: ''M. Bontemps, ou la Belle-mère et la bru'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Gaspard Tourret *1836: ''Orgueil et ignorance'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1841: ''Au comte de Paris. Les Baptêmes''

Bibliography

* Jean Marie Querard, ''Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées'', 1853, p. 208 * Georges d'Heylli, ''Dictionnaire des pseudonymes'', 1869 {{DEFAULTSORT:Laffillard 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French chansonniers Artists from Paris 1770s births 1846 deaths