Henri Thiéry (

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, 1829 –

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, 1 August 1872) was a 19th-century French journalist and

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. The founder and director of the ''Journal des Demoiselles'', a regular collaborator of

Amédée de Jallais Amédée de Jallais (17 December 1826 – 31 January 1909) was a 19th-century French playwright, operetta librettist and chansonnier. Biography The son of a lieutenant colonel in the guards, he studied at the College Bourbon then entered in ...

, his

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were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:

Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques is a name that was used for a number of different theatres in Paris from 1785 to 1890. First (boulevard du Temple, 1785–1799) The first Délassements-Comiques was a small theatre on the boulevard du Temple, ...

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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 ...

etc.

Works

*1852: ''Dans une armoire'', folie-vaudeville in 1n act *1856: ''Le Boulanger à des écus'', drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with

*1856: ''Mon ami Dupont'', vaudeville in 1 act, with de Jallais *1856: ''Manon de Nivelle'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with de Jallais *1856: ''Pan, pan, c'est la fortune'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with de Jallais *1859: ''La Course aux canards'', vaudeville in 3 canards, with de Jallais *1859: ''Le Naufrage de La Pérouse'', drama in 5 acts and 9

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, with de Jallais and

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 ...

*1859: ''Arsène et Camille'', vaudeville in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with A. Dupeuty *1860: ''Le Mariage de Fanchon'', à-propos in 2 tableaux *1860: ''Chamarin le chasseur'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin and de Jallais *1860: ''Monsieur !'', vaudeville in 1 act *1861: ''Les Parisiens en voyage'', vaudeville in 3 acts and 5 tableaux, with Hippolyte Bedeau *1861: ''Il pleut ! il pleut ! bergère'', 1860

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, in 3 acts *1861: ''Les Adieux du boulevard du Temple'', fantasy play in 3 acts and 14 tableaux, preceded with ''Les Enfants de Momus'',

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in 2 tableaux *1862: ''La Manière de traiter les femmes comme elles le méritent'', vaudeville in 1 act *1863: ''De Paris en Chine, ou Je ne suis pas Tissier'', travel in 4 stations, with Varin and de Jallais *1863: ''La Chanson de la marguerite ou Un peu, beaucoup, passionnément'', with

Alfred Delacour Alfred Delacour or Alfred-Charlemagne Delacour, real name Pierre-Alfred Lartigue, (3 September 1817 – 31 March 1883 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography In addition to his occupation as a physician, which he prac ...

*1863: ''Un joli cocher'', vaudeville in 1 act, with A. Dupeuty *1864: ''Le Carnaval des canotiers'', vaudeville in 4 acts, with de Jallais, Adolphe Dupeuty and

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 ...

*1864: ''Les Calicots'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Paul Avenel *1865: ''Que c'est comme un bouquet de fleurs'',

in 3 acts and 12 tableaux, with

Jules Renard Pierre-Jules Renard (; 22 February 1864 – 22 May 1910) was a French author and member of the Académie Goncourt, most famous for the works ''Poil de carotte'' (Carrot Top, 1894) and ''Les Histoires Naturelles'' (Nature Stories, 1896). Among ...

*1865: ''Les contributions indirectes'', with Hippolyte Cogniard *1866: ''L'Homme au pavé'', vaudeville in 1 act *1867: ''Les Voyageurs pour l'exposition'', revue fantaisie in 5 acts and 6 tableaux, with William Busnach *1868: ''Les plaisirs du dimanche'', play in 4 acts, with Avenel *1869: ''L'Homme aux 76 femmes'', comedy 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 ...

*undated: ''Le Grand journal'', folie dramatique in 4 acts and six tableaux with prologue, with

Ernest Blum Ernest Blum (15 August 1836 – 18 September 1907) was a French playwright. Biography He made his debut as a writer at the age of sixteen with ''Une femme qui mord''. As a journalist, he was associated with ''Le Charivari'', '' Le Rappel'', ''Le ...

Bibliography

* ''Revue et gazette musicale de Paris'', vol.39, 1872, (obituary) {{DEFAULTSORT:Thiery, Henri 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Writers from Paris 1829 births 1872 deaths 19th-century French male writers