Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny (30 August 1787 – 4 November 1868) was a French

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Biography

He studied at

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, then moved to Paris to study law. An employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he became a lawyer after the upheaval of the Imperial Government. An editor in several newspapers, he made his debut at the Théâtre-Français in 1819 with a three-act in verses

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, ''L’École des Exagérés''. A managing director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon (1841), his plays were performed on the most significant Parisian stages of his time: Odéon, Comédie-Française, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc. He was made a chevalier of the

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Works

*1819 : ''L’École des Exagérés'', comedy in three acts and in verse, *1820 : ''Les Rivaux de village ou La cruche cassée'',

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in one act, with Corvey *1825 : ''Luxe et indigence ou le Ménage parisien'', comedy in 5 acts *1825 : ''La Dame du lac'', opera héroïque in four acts, with Jean-Frédéric-Auguste Lemière de Corvey and Auguste Rousseau, 1825 *1825 : ''Brelan d'amoureux, ou les Trois soufflets'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

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and

X.-B. Saintine Xavier Boniface Saintine (10 July 1798 – 21 January 1865) was a French dramatist and novelist. Biography He was born Joseph Xavier Boniface in Paris in 1798. In 1823, he produced a volume of poetry in the manner of the Romanticists, entitl ...

*1827 : ''L'Homme habile, ou Tout pour parvenir'', comedy in 5 acts and in verse *1829 : ''Lancaster, ou l'Usurpation'', play in 5 acts, in verse *1830 : ''L'Auberge d'Auray'', drame lyrique in 1 act, with

Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny (Paris, 1783 – Paris, 1 July 1832) was a French playwright, librettist, poet and chansonnier. His plays, sometimes signed with different names (C.-F.-J.-B. Moreau, C.-A. Moreau, A. Moreau, Eus ...

, music by Ferdinand Harold and Michele Carafa *1830 : ''Les Hommes du lendemain'', comedy in 1 act, in verse *1831 : ''Dominique ou Le possédé'', comedy in 3 acts, with

Henri Dupin Jean-Henri Dupin (1 September 1791 – 5 April 1887) was a French librettist and dramatist. He authored more than 200 pieces, of which fifty were written in collaboration with Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 Februa ...

*1831 : ''Jacques Clément, ou le Bachelier et le théologien'', drama in 5 acts and in prose *1831 : ''Joscelin et Guillemette'', comedy in 1 act, with a prologue *1831 : ''Les Préventions'', comédy in 1 act, titled ''Proverbes'' by Théodore Leclercq and arranged for the stage, with Dupin *1832 : ''L'Anniversaire de la naissance de Molière'', à-propos in one act *1833 : ''La Parfumeuse de la cour'', comedy in 1 act, with Dupin *1834 : ''Les mal-contents de 1579'', drama in 5 acts, with Alexandre Jarry *1834 : ''Charles III, ou l'inquisition'', drama-comedy in 4 acts, with Saintine *1835 : ''La Fille mal élevée'',

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in 2 acts, with

Alexis Decomberousse Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th centur ...

*1838 : ''Les Adieux au pouvoir'', comedy in one act, with Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny *1841 : ''Claire Champrosé'', drama in 1 act *1843 : ''Le Bon génie de la jeunesse. Traité d'éducation publié sous le patronage de la Reine'' *1844 : ''Les Abus de Paris'' *1844 : ''Le Mannequin du prince'', drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with

Benjamin Antier Benjamin Antier, real name Benjamin Chevrillon, (21 March 1787 – 25 April 1870), was a 19th-century French playwright. An author of melodramas and vaudevilles written in collaboration with other dramatists, he is mostly known for his drama ''L ...

and

Henri Horace Meyer Henri Horace Meyer (17 May 1801 – 2 February 1870) was a 19th-century French dramatist and novelist. Managing director of the Théâtre de la Gaîté from 1839 to 1847, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his ti ...

*1848 : ''Convenances d'argent'', comédy in three acts, in verse *1848 : ''Mon pays, études poétiques sociales'' *1848 : ''La Curée des places'' *1848 : ''La Fille de l'émigré'', episode of the Restauration *1849 : ''Une Double leçon'', comedy in 1 act, in verse *1852 : ''Une Haine au moyen âge'', 2 vols. *1853 : ''Nouvelles'' *1853 : ''Satire contre Napoléon III'' *1855 : ''Le Dernier jour'',

oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is mus ...

*1859 : ''A la France sur l'expédition d'Italie et la conquête de la Lombardie'' *1860 : ''Mes vœux à sa Majesté l'Empereur, le jour de sa fête. La Salutation angélique à sa Majesté l'Impératrice'' *1861 : ''A Sa Majesté l'Empereur, le jour de l'an 1861'', epistol *1862 : ''A Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoléon III, au jour de l'an 1862'', epistol *1868 : ''Un salon aristocratique avec nos deux noblesses'', followed by a ''lettre à M. le comte de Montalembert'' *1864 : ''Les Eaux du Loiret'', hommage to M. Vignat, mayor of d'Orléans *1865 : ''Molière et Scribe''

Bibliography

* Louis Gustave Vapereau, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1870, (p. 632) * Camille Dreyfus, André Berthelot, ''La Grande encyclopédie'', vol.16, 1886, (p. 7)

References

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