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

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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, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté,

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, Théâtre des Variétés 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 Joseph Aude (10 December 1755 – 5 October 1841) was a familiar of Necker and Buffon whose biography he wrote as well as a comédie en vaudeville about his marriage, presented at the ''Société littéraire et scientifique d'Apt''. Aude Jos ...

*1806: ''Le Mariage en poste'', comedy in 1 act and in prose *1806: ''La Paix'', impromptu 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'', tableau vivant 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 Edmond Rochefort, full name Claude-Louis-Marie de Rochefort-Luçay (Évaux-les-Bains, 1790 – Paris, April 1871), was a French writer, dramatist, vaudevillist and songs writer. His only play that was met with some success is ''Jocko ou le Singe d ...

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, 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 Paul Auguste Gombault (21 January 1786 in Orléans – 1853) was a 19th-century French playwright. His plays were presented at the Théâtre Comte, the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques and the Théâtre de la Gaîté. Works *1806: ''La Rev ...

*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 Jean-Baptiste Auguste Imbert (3 March 1791, in Paris – 1840, in Brussels) was a 19th-century French playwright, bookseller, publisher, historian, chansonnier and journalist. Biography He first worked in various jurisdictions before being ...

*1826: ''Le Béarnais, ou l'Enfance de Henri IV'', with

Jacques-André Jacquelin Jacques-André Jacquelin (18 March 1776 – 13 August 1827) was a French playwright, lyricist, chansonnier, goguettier and poet. Biography A chief clerk at the Ministry of War, he became inspector of secondary theaters of Paris. Jacquelin aut ...

*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 ( , also , ; 12 January 1628 – 16 May 1703) was an iconic 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 ...

, 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 Emmanuel Lepeintre, real name Emmanuel Augustin Lepeintre called Lepeintre jeune or Lepeintre Cadet, (22 September 1790 – 24 February 1847) was a French stage actor, chansonnier and playwright. Biographie He began his acting career aged ten a ...

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 Renaissance ...

*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 extravaganza, with

Pierre-Joseph Charrin Pierre-Joseph Charrin (2 February 1784 – 25 April 1863) was a 19th-century French poet, chansonnier, playwright and goguettier. He was a member of the '' Caveau moderne'' and founder, in 1813, of the '' Soupers de Momus''.Charrin annonce sa q ...

and Pierre Tournemine *1833: ''Le Gamin'', folie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with

Lubize Lubize, real name Pierre-Michel Martin or Martin-Lubize (21 February 1798 (3 ventôse an VI)

*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