Hippolyte Hostein (14 September 1814 – 8 September 1879) was a 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 ...

, theatre director and

theatre manager Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

Biography

Boen in Paris, he successively directed the

Théâtre Historique The Théâtre Historique, a former Parisian theatre located on the boulevard du Temple, was built in 1846 for the French novelist and dramatist Alexandre Dumas. Plays adapted by Dumas from his historical novels were mostly performed, and, althoug ...

(1847-1850), the Théâtre de la Gaité (1849-1858), the Cirque-Olympique (1858-1862), the Théâtre du Châtelet (1862-1864/1865-1869), the Théâtre du Château-d'eau (1868-1869), the Théâtre de la Renaissance (1873-1875) and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu (1875). He also published cronicles in '' Le Figaro'' and ''

Le Constitutionnel ''Le Constitutionnel'' (, ''The Constitutional'') was a French political and literary newspaper, founded in Paris during the Hundred Days by Joseph Fouché. Originally established in October 1815 as ''The Independent'', it took its current name ...

'' Nécrologie
''Le Constitutionnel'' du 10 septembre 1879 sur ''Gallica''.

Works

;Theatre *''Le Miracle des roses'', drama in sixteen scenes, with

Antony Béraud Antony Béraud, real name Antoine-Nicolas Béraud, (11 January 1791 – 6 February 1860) was a French military, chansonnier, writer, poet, historian and playwright. Life In 1809 he entered the École militaire de Saint-Cyr and became second ...

, 1844 *''Les Sept Ans de S. A. Mgr le Prince impérial'', cantata on a music by Adolphe de Groot,

premiere A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...

d at the Théâtre du Châtelet 16 March 1863 *''L'Affaire Lerouge'', drama in five acts and eight scenes after

Émile Gaboriau Émile Gaboriau (9 November 183228 September 1873) was a French writer, novelist, journalist, and a pioneer of detective fiction. Early life Gaboriau was born in the small town of Saujon, Charente-Maritime. He was the son of Charles Gabriel Ga ...

, premiered at the Théâtre du Château-d'eau 2 May 1872 ;Texts *1843: ''Les Contes bleus de ma nourrice'', A. Desesserts, Paris *1848: ''Réforme théâtrale'' suivie dEsquisse d'un projet de loi sur les théâtres'', A. Desesserts *1867: ''La Liberté des théâtres'', Librairie des auteurs, Paris *1878: ''Historiettes et souvenirs d'un homme de théâtre'', E. Dentu, Paris

Bibliography

* Philippe Chauveau, ''Les Théâtres parisiens disparus (1402-1986)'', Ed. de l'Amandier, Paris, 1999

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Dernière chronique théâtrale d'Hostein
parue dans ''Le Constitutionnel'', le jour même de sa mort. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hostein, Hippolyte French theatre managers and producers 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Theatre directors from Paris Writers from Paris 1814 births 1879 deaths