Eugène Honoré Roche (30 April 1808, in
Paris – 12 June 1870, in Paris) was a French
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 ...
of the 19th century. His
plays were presented on the most prestigious Parisian stages of his time:
Théâtre des Variétés,
Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques,
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 ...
, etc.
Works
*1829: ''Le Nouveau ministère'', drama in 4 historical tableaux and in verses, with Duflot
*1830: ''Le Bal de l'avoué, ou les Quadrilles historiques'',
comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Duflot
*1830: ''La Mariée à l'encan, ou le Gentil faucheur'', tableau villageois in 1 act, with Duflot and
Emmanuel Théaulon
Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert (14 August 1787, Aigues-Mortes – 16 November 1841) was a French playwright.
A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an ''Ode'' on the birth of the King o ...
*1830: ''Les Trois couchées, ou l'Amour en poste'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts
*1832: ''Les Appartements à louer'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act and in 5 tableaux, with Joachim Duflot
*1833: ''Poète et maçon'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with
Antonin d'Avrecourt and de Leuven
*1834: ''L'alcôve'', comédie en vaudevilles, with
Adolphe de Leuven and de Forges
*1835: ''Esther à Saint-Cyr'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with de Leuven and de Forges
*1836: ''Madame Péterhoff'', vaudeville-anecdote in 1 act, with
Charles de Livry
Charles Sanguin, marquis de Livry (Paris 1802 – Enghien 14 October 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright.
After he made a career in the military, he became famous in the theatre. His plays, often signed Charles, were presented on the most ...
*1836: ''Georgine, ou la Servante du pasteur'',
comedy in 1 act, mingled with singing, with de Forges
*1836: ''Une spéculation'', Comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with
Dumanoir
Philippe François Pinel, known as Dumanoir (31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist.
Biography
Dumanoir was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe. He was the son of Mrs. Pinel-Dumanoir, whose family plante ...
*1838: ''Le Tireur de cartes'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with
Alexis Decomberousse
Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist.
His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th centur ...
*1839: ''Les Maris vengés'', comédie en vaudevilles in 5 acts, with
Étienne Arago
Étienne Vincent Arago (9 February 1802 – 7 March 1892) was a French writer and politician, and co-founder (with Maurice Alhoy) of the newspaper ''Le Figaro''.
Early life
Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers. ...
and Decomberousse
*1840: ''Le Chevalier Kerkaradeck'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with
Max Revel
*1840: ''La Grisette de Bordeaux'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Decomberousse
*1846: ''L'Homme qui se cherche'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Decomberousse
*1847: ''Qui dort dîne'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with
Étienne Casimir Hippolyte Cordellier-Delanoue
*1849: ''La chute des feuilles, ou L'appétit vient en mangeant'', proverbe in 1 act, with
Auguste Pittaud de Forges
Auguste Pittaud de Forges (5 April 1803 (15 germinal an XI) – 28 September 1881,) was a 19th-century French playwright.
Biography
His full name was Philippe-Auguste-Alfred Pittaud. He began his literary career under the pseudonyms Deforges, ...
*1852: ''A qui mal veut, mal arrive'', vaudeville proverbe in 1 act
*1855: ''Nous en ferons un avocat'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Abel Lahure
*1859: ''L'Homme qui a bu'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Henri Avocat
Bibliography
*
Joseph Marie Quérard, ''La France littéraire ou dictionnaire bibliographique des savants...'', vol. 12, 1864, pp. 617–19
External links
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19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
1808 births
1870 deaths
Writers from Paris
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