Ferdinand de Villeneuve (5 June 1801 – 27 September 1858) was a 19th-century French playwright.

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He made his debut in the theatre at the age of 21 by partnering with

Charles Dupeuty Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employ ...

, and began to be successful from 1823 onwards. In 1825, he founded the newspaper ''La Nouveauté'' with Dupeuty,

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 ...

and Musnier Desclozeaux, a publication which became a daily. Co-director of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin with Anténor Joly from December 1835, he then directed, still with Joly, the

Théâtre de la Renaissance The name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on t ...

in 1838 with its own funds. His

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were presented on several 19th-century Parisian stages, including the

Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue f ...

, the

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history ...

, the

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 ...

, and 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 ...

. The painter and photographer

Julien Vallou de Villeneuve Julien Vallou de Villeneuve (12 December 1795 – 4 May 1866) was a French painter, lithographer and photographer. Life and work Vallou de Villeneuve studied with Jean-François Millet, and started his career at the Salon of 1814, exhibiting ...

was his brother.

Works

*1822: ''L'Arracheur de dents'', one-act folie-parade, mingled with couplets, with

*1822: ''Fille et garçon, ou la Petite orpheline'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Dupeuty *1822: ''Le Premier prix, ou les Deux artistes'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty *1823: ''L'Actrice'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty *1823: ''Mon ami Christophe'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and W. Lafontaine *1823: ''Le Oui des jeunes filles'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, imitée de l'espagnol, with Jouslin de La Salle *1823: ''Le Sergent de Chevert'', vaudeville historique in 1 act, with Dupeuty *1824: ''Les Acteurs à l'essai'', comédie-vaudeville-épisodique in 1 act, with Dupeuty *1824: ''Léonide ou La Vieille de Suresne'', comédie vaudeville in 3 acts, with Dupeuty and

*1824: ''Les Modistes'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson, known as Delestre-Poirson (22 August 1790, in Paris – 19 November 1859) was a French playwright and theatre director. Delestre-Poirson was the director of the Gymnase dramatique, from 1820 to 1844 ; his r ...

and Dupeuty *1824: ''Ourika ou la Négresse'', drama in 1 act, with Dupeuty *1824: ''La Petite somnambule'', comédie-vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty *1824: ''Pierre et Marie, ou le Soldat ménétrier'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and Langlé *1824: ''Le Tableau de Téniers, ou l'Artiste et l'ouvrier'', vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty and

Maurice Alhoy Philadelphe-Maurice Alhoy (1802 – 27 April 1856) was a 19th-century French journalist, writer and playwright, born and died in Paris. As journalist Under the Restauration and the July Monarchy, when "every day saw the birth of a new paper" ( ...

*1824: ''Un jour à Dieppe'', à-propos-vaudeville, with Saint-Hilaire, Dupeuty and Langlé *1825: ''Alice, ou les Six promesses'', vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty and Saint-Hilaire *1825: ''Les Deux tailleurs, ou la Fourniture et la façon'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and Jouslin de La Salle *1825: ''Nicaise, ou le Jour des noces'', comédie-vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty *1826: ''L'Anonyme'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Dupeuty and Jouslin de La Salle *1826: ''La Dette d'honneur'', comédie vaudeville in 2 acts, with Dupeuty and Langlé *1826: ''Le Soldat en retraite, ou les Coups du sort'', drama in 2 acts, with Jouslin de La Salle and Dupeuty *1826: ''Le Vieux pauvre, ou le Bal et l'incendie'', melodrama in 3 acts and

extravaganza An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes also ...

, with Dupeuty and

Ferdinand Laloue Ferdinand Laloue (1794 in Passy – 27 September 1850) was a French dramatist, librettist and theatre producer. Administrator of the Théâtre du Cirque-Olympique, he also was director of the Hippodrome and the théâtre des Délassements comiques ...

*1827: ''Gérard et Marie'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act, 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. ...

*1827: ''Le Hussard de Felsheim'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Saint-Hilaire and Dupeuty *1827: ''La Fleuriste'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Étienne Arago *1827: ''Monsieur Botte'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Dupeuty *1828: ''La Grande duchesse'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and

Saintine Xavier Boniface Saintine (10 July 1798 – 21 January 1865) was a French dramatist and novelist. Biography He was born Joseph Xavier Boniface in Paris in 1798. In 1823, he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the Romanticists, entit ...

*1828: ''Les Poletais'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 parts, with Saintine and Dupeuty *1828: ''L'Art de se faire aimer de son mari'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Saintine and Dupeuty *1828 ''Les dix francs de Jeannette'', with

Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer, journalist, dramatist and theatre director. Jouslin de La Salle was administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the théâ ...

*1828: ''L'Enfant et le vieux garçon, ou la Réputation d'une femme'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Armand Desvergers and

Charles Varin Charles Voirin, called Varin, (20 January 1798 (1er pluviôse an VI) – 24 April 1869) was a 19th-century French playwright. He also wrote under the pen names V. Warin and Victor. Biography Destined by his father to the profession of nota ...

*1828: ''Guillaume Tell'', drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Dupeuty and Saintine *1828: ''Henri IV en famille'', comédie-vaudeville un 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, ...

and

Louis-Émile Vanderburch Louis-Émile Vanderburch (30 September 1794 – 30 March 1862) was a 19th-century French writer and playwright. The painter Dominique Joseph Vanderburch (1722–1785) was his grandfather. Biography After he started a career in teaching as a p ...

*1828: ''Le Pauvre Arondel, ou les Trois Talismans'', vaudeville-

féerie ''Féerie'', sometimes translated as "fairy play", was a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. ''Féeries'' blended music, dancing, pantomime, and ...

in 2 acts, with Arago *1828: ''Le Sergent Mathieu'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Saintine and Dupeuty *1828: ''Valentine, ou la Chute des feuilles'', drama in 2 acts, mingled with songs, with Saint-Hilaire *1828: ''Yelva ou L'orpheline russe'', vaudeville in 2 parts, with Desvergers and

Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of ma ...

*1829: ''La jeunesse de Marie Stuart'', drama in 2 parts, with Vanderburch *1829: ''La Maison du faubourg'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Vanderburch *1829: ''Le Mariage par autorité de justice'', comedy in 2 acts, with

Antoine Simonnin Antoine Simonnin, full name Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Simonnin, (Paris, 11 January 1780 – Paris, 14 May 1856) was a 19th-century French writer and dramatist. Simonnin wrote, alone or in collaboration, more than 200 comédies en vaudeville, parodies ...

*1829: ''Mathieu Laensberg'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Bourgeois and Vanderburch *1829: ''La Paysanne de Livonie'', comédie historique in 2 acts, mingled with songs, with Saintine and Vanderburch *1830: ''À-propos patriotique'', with

Michel Masson Auguste-Michel-Benoît Gaudichot pseudonym: Michel Masson (31 July 1800 – 12 thermidor an VIII- – 23 April 1883) was a French playwright, journalist and novelist of the 19th century. Biography A worker's son, he began acting at age 10 and ...

*1830: ''Le Congréganiste, ou les Trois éducations'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with

Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois Auguste Anicet, later Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (25 December 1806 – 12 January 1871) was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris. The first play to bear his name is ''L'Ami et le mari, ou le Nouvel Amphitryon'', a vaudeville in one act. It ...

*1830: ''Le Collège de ***

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souvenirs de la Suisse, en 1794'', comédie-vaudeville, with

Adolphe de Leuven Adolphe de Leuven (30 September 1802 – 14 April 1884) was a French theatre director and a librettist. Also known as Grenvallet, and Count Adolph Ribbing. He was the illegitimate son of Adolph Ribbing, who was involved in the assassination of G ...

and Masson *1830: ''Le Marchand de la rue Saint-Denis, ou le Magasin, la mairie et la cour d'assises'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Brazier *1830: ''Le Moulin de Jemmapes'', vaudeville historique in 1 act, with de Leuven and Masson *1831: ''L'audience du Prince'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Anicet Bourgeois and

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 ...

*1831: ''Angélique et Jeanneton'', comédie-vaudeville in 4 acts, with Dupeuty and

*1831: ''Les Bouillons à domicile'', revue-vaudeville in 1 act, with de Lurieu and de Livry *1831: ''La Caricature, ou les Croquis à la mode'', album en sept pochades, with de Lurieu and de Livry *1831: ''L'Entrevue, ou les Deux impératrices'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Masson and Saintine *1831: ''La Jardinière de l'Orangerie'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Masson *1831: ''Les Pilules dramatiques, ou le Choléra-morbus'', revue critique et politique in 1 act *1831: ''Robert-le-Diable'', à-propos-vaudeville, with Saintine *1831: ''Le Secret d'état'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Eugène Sue Marie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (; 26 January 18043 August 1857) was a French novelist. He was one of several authors who popularized the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular and widely imitated ''The Mysteries of Paris'', whic ...

and Édouard Magnien *1831: ''La Vieillesse de Stanislas'', drame-vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Hilaire and Masson *1832: ''La ferme de Bondi, ou Les deux réfractaires'', episode de l'Empire in 4 acts, with de Lurieu and Masson *1832: ''Le Bateau de blanchisseuses'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Masson and de Livry *1832 ''La Chanteuse et l'ouvrière'', comédie-vaudeville in 4 acts, with Saintine *1832: ''Sara, ou l'Invasion'', conte allemand in 2 acts, mingled with vaudeville, with de Leuven and Masson *1833: ''La Révolte des femmes'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with de Livry *1833: ''Santeul ou Le chanoine au cabaret'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Brazier and Léon Lévy Brunswick *1833: ''Les Deux frères'', comedy by Kotzebue, translated by Patrat, remise in 2 acts and in vaudeville, with Masson *1833: ''La fille de Dominique'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with de Livry *1833: ''Les Locataires et les portiers'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Brazier and de Livry *1834: ''Le Triolet bleu'', comédie-vaudeville in 5 acts, with de Lurieu and Masson *1834: ''Lionel, ou Mon avenir'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with de Livry *1834: ''Un bal de domestiques'', vaudeville in 1 act, with de Livry *1835: ''Micheline, ou L'heure de l'esprit'', opéra comique in 1 act, with Masson and Saint-Hilaire *1835: ''Les infidélités de Lisette'', drame vaudeville in 5 acts, with Nicolas Brazier and de Livry *1835: ''On ne passe pas ! ou le Poste d'honneur'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Masson *1835: ''Le Ménage du savetier, ou la Richesse du pauvre'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jouslin de La Salle *1835: ''Micheline, ou L'heure de l'esprit'', opéra comique in 1 act, with Masson and Saint-Hilaire *1836: ''La Grue'', fabliau mêlé de chant, with Charles Rondeau and de Livry *1837: ''La Résurrection de Saint Antoine'', à propos-vaudeville in 1 act, with

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 ...

and Brazier *1837: ''Le Mémoire de la blanchisseuse'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Brazier and de Livry *1838: ''Mademoiselle Dangeville'', comédie in 1 act, mingled with song, with de Livry *1838: ''L'enfant de la balle'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with Didier *1839: ''Rendez donc service'', comédie proverbe in 1 act, with Masson *1840: ''Cocorico ou La poule à ma tante'', vaudeville in 5 acts, with Masson and Saint-YvesRead online
at Gallica. *1840: ''Les pages de Louis XII'', comedy in 2 acts, with Alexandre Barrière *1840: ''Le Mari de la fauvette'', opéra comique in 1 act, with Angel and Veyrat *1840: ''Les marins d'eau douce'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Angel and Veyrat *1840: ''Tout pour les filles rien pour les garçons'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with de Lurieu *1841: ''Voltaire en vacances'', comédie vaudeville in 2 acts, with de Livry *1842: ''Au croissant d'argent'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hippolyte Le Roux *1842: ''Un bas bleu'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Ferdinand Langlé *1842: ''Les batignollaises'', vaudeville grivois in 1 act, with de Lurieu *1842: ''Jaket's club'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with

Ernest Jaime Jean-François-Ernest Jaime (28 April 1804 – 7 June 1884) was a French watercolourist, lithographer, art historian and playwright. He was the father of dramatist Adolphe Jaime (1824–1901). He collaborated to ''Le Figaro'' and '' La Cari ...

*1844: ''Pulcinella'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with

Adolphe d'Ennery Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le ...

*1845: ''L'almanach des adresses'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with

Édouard Lafargue Édouard Edmond Lafargue (1803 in Langon – 1 February 1884 in Paris) was a French playwright. His plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, ...

*1845: ''La Morale en action'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jaime *1846: ''Jean-Baptiste, ou Un cœur d'or'', drama in 5 acts, mingled with songs, with Masson and Frédéric Thomas *1846: ''L'inconnue de Ville-d'Avray'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Angel *1847: ''L'Homme aux 160 millions'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with

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and Xavier Veyrat *1849: ''Lorettes et aristos ou Une soirée au Ranelagh'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with

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 ...

*1850: ''Un fantôme'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Lafargue *1850: ''Jean Bart'', pièce historique in 5 acts, with Forges *1854: ''La Femme à trois maris'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1854: ''Une sangsue'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Langlé *1855: ''Bonaparte à l'École de Brienne'', play in 3 acts and 4

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, with

Gabriel de Lurieu Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom ...

and Michel Masson *1855: ''Deux vieilles gardes'',

opéra bouffe Opéra bouffe (, plural: ''opéras bouffes'') is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, inspiring the genre's name. Opéras bouff ...

in 1 act, with

Léo Delibes Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (; 21 February 1836 – 16 January 1891) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his ballets and French opera, operas. His works include the ballets ''Coppélia'' (1870) and ''Sylvia (ba ...

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