Gaston de Montheau, full name Guy Joseph Gaston de Montheau, (19 January 1828 – 16 February 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and poet. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Gaîté,

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, Théâtre-Français.

Works

* ''Passe-temps de duchesse'', comedy in 1 act, in prose *1851: ''La Course au plaisir'', revue of the year 1851, in 2 acts and 3

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, with

Michel Delaporte Pierre Michel Delaporte (5 September 1806 – 30 September 1872) was a 19th-century French playwright, painter, lithographer and political caricaturist. Short biography He was educated in Amiens and in 1824 became a student of Jean-Baptiste R ...

and

Théodore Muret Théodore César Muret (24 January 1808 – 23 July 1866) was a 19th-century French playwright, poet, essayist and historian. Biography Born into a Protestant family expelled from France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, he began st ...

*1851: ''Mignon'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with song *1851: ''Les Trois âges des Variétés'', panorama dramatique in 1 act, in verses, mingled with

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s *1852: ''Un Homme de cinquante ans'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act *1852: ''Les Reines des bals publics'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Delaporte *1853: ''La Forêt de Sénart'', drama in 3 acts *1853: ''Les Femmes du monde'', comédie vaudeville in 5 acts, with

Eugène Cormon Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career. Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 15 ...

and

Eugène Grangé Eugène Grangé (16 December 1810 – 1 March 1887) was a French playwright, librettist, chansonnier and goguettier. Biography The son of Pierre-Joseph Basté and Louise-Thérèse Grangé, Pierre-Eugène Basté was born in rue Beautreillis ...

*1853: ''La Fille de Madame Grégoire'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Delaporte *1854: ''Brelan de maris'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Laurencin Laurencin, real name Paul-Aimé Chapelle, (10 January 1806 - 9 December 1890) was a French playwright and librettist. He authored numerous theatre plays, vaudevilles and operettas, most of them in collaboration. '' Le 66'' and '' Monsieur et ...

*1854: ''M. Bannelet'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

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*1854: ''Où passerai-je mes soirées'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Charles Potier Charles Joseph Édouard Potier, called Charles (Bordeaux, 1806 – Asnières-sur-Seine, 28 April 1870) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright. A son of Charles-Gabriel Potier, an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), the Théâtr ...

*1856: ''Le Fils de la France'', cantata *1862: ''A Pie IX (8 juin 1862)'', ode

Bibliography

* Stéphane Vachon, ''1850, tombeau d'Honoré de Balzac'', 2007, (p. 95) {{DEFAULTSORT:Montheau, Gaston 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French poets Writers from Paris 1828 births 1867 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery