Gustave Albitte (30 April 1812 – 17 November 1898 ) was a 19th-century 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 ...

. He was the son of the conventional Jean-Louis Albitte le Jeune and a nephew of Antoine Louis Albitte l'Aîné. base généalogique Roglo Besides the plays he wrote in collaboration for the Parisian scenes, he also authored two novels in the style of the 1830s, where elegant young leading a "fashionable" life are experiencing a " Wertherian fever". In addition, Albitte, who also was a lawyer, published a ''Cours de législation gouvernementale''.

Works

*''Le Musicien de Valence'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 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 ...

, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 13 July 1834 *''Le Septuagénaire, ou les Deux naissances'', four-act drama, with Merville, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 12 August 1834 *''Les Misères d'un timbalier'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Lubize, Paris,

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, July 1836 *''Spectacle à la cour'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, 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 Lubize, Paris, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique, 25 November 1837 *''L'Ouverture de la chasse'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with

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, Paris,

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, 9 September 1838 *''Deux Femmes légères'', folie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Desvergers 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" (E ...

, Paris,

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, 14 August 1839 *''Mon voisin d'omnibus'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Louis Dugard, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 18 July 1846 *'' L'Avocat pédicure'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Eugène Labiche Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Auguste Lefranc Pierre-Charles-Joseph-Auguste Lefranc (2 February 1814 – 15 December 1878) was a 19th-century French playwright and journalist. Biography After secondary studies in Mâcon, he moved to Paris in order to attend law school. There he met Eugèn ...

, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 24 April 1847 ;Novels *''Une Vie d'homme, croquis'', 1832 *''Un Clair de lune, rêverie'', 1833 ;Law *''Cours de législation gouvernementale, et études scientifiques sur les gouvernements de la France, depuis 1789 jusqu'à nos jours'', 1835

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Albitte, Gustave 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Writers from Reims 1812 births 1898 deaths