Harny de Guerville was an 18th-century French playwright. Apart from his own works, Harny contributed to two plays by

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(''Les amours de Bastien et Bastienne, parodie du Devin de village'' (1753), and ''Les ensorcelés, ou Jeannot et Jeannette, parodie des Surprises de l’amour'' (1757)), and retouched one by Lesage.

Works

* ''Candidamentor, ou le voyageur grec'', Paris, 1766, in-12. * ''Georget et Georgette'',

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in one act and in prose, mingled with ariettes, Paris, Duchesne, 1761, in-8°. * ''Le petit-maître en province'', comedy in one act and in free verse with ariettes. Paris, Vve Duchesne, 1765; another edition, Paris, N. B. Duchesne, 1772, in-8°. * ''Le prix des talents'', one-act parody of the third act of ''Fêtes de l’hymen et de l’amour'' by

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, all in vaudevilles, with M. S***, Paris, Duchesne, 1755, in-8°. (with Sabine) * ''La sybille'', one-act parody, all in ariettes and vaudevilles, Paris, Delormel, 1758, in-8°. Music by Paul-César Gibert.

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