Francis Gally, real name Francis Jean Mazières, (28 October 1863 Archives de la commune de Tarbes, acte de naissance n° 334, année 1863 – 20 November 1918) was an early 20th-century French actor and playwright. Francis Gally began a career in acting. He then turned to writing. He wrote numerous comédies en vaudeville and

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s. He worked in collaboration with the playwrights

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as well as with the composer . In 1915, the operetta ''La Cocarde de Mimi-Pinson'', a theatre play in honour of the ''

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'' fighting for the French flag, was a triomph at the Théâtre de l'Apollo in Paris. At the beginning of

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, midinettes nicknamed Mimi Pinson, were making tricolor rosettes for the benefit of solidarity funds (a work led by

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). Henri Goublier thought that the current events could be a good subject operetta. Goublier obtained the agreement of Maurice Ordonneau, one of the fashionable authors of the time for the

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, a project which Francis Gally joined. The operetta was presented 25 November 1915.

Famous plays

(selection) *1903: ''Mille regrets !'', cowritten with Hugues Delorme *1905: ''Le Coup de minuit'', with Hugues Delorme *1906: ''Mes oncles s'amusent'', with Hugues Delorme *1912: ''Cartouche'', with Hugues Delorme *1913: ''L'Amour patriote'', with Jean Kolb *1915: ''La cocarde de Mimi-Pinson'', with Maurice Ordonneau on a music by Henri Goublier fils *1916: ''La Demoiselle du printemps'', with Maurice ordonneau and Georges Léglise *1917: ''La Fiancée du lieutenant'', on a music by Henri Goublier fils

References

External links

Francis Gally
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Opérette Cartouche

L'Amour patriote

La Cocarde de Mimi-Pinson
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gally, Francis 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights French operetta composers 20th-century French male actors People from Tarbes 1863 births 1918 deaths