''Le Chandelier'' is an 1835 play in three acts by French dramatist

Alfred de Musset Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007 ...

. The play was first published in 1835 in ''

Revue des deux Mondes The ''Revue des deux Mondes'' (, ''Review of the Two Worlds'') is a monthly French-language literary, cultural and current affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829. According to its website, "it is today the place for debates a ...

''. It was first staged at 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 ...

in August 1848 with Mademoiselle Maillet as Jacqueline. In October 1850, it was produced at the

Comédie-Française The Comédie-Française () or Théâtre-Français () is one of the few state theatres in France. Founded in 1680, it is the oldest active theatre company in the world. Established as a French state-controlled entity in 1995, it is the only state ...

with a cast including Delaunay as Fortunio and

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as Jacqueline. In October 1850, the interior minister

Léon Faucher Léonard Joseph (Léon) Faucher (; 8 September 1803 – 14 December 1854) was a French politician and economist. Biography Faucher was born at Limoges, Haute-Vienne. When he was nine years old the family moved to Toulouse, where the boy was se ...

had the work banned, a decision confirmed in subsequent seasons.Alfred de Musset: Œuvres complètes 'Lorenzaccio; Le Chandelier; Il ne faut jurer de rien'' Charpentier, Paris, 1888.

Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera '' ...

, who wrote

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for the Comédie-Française production, made a sequel entitled ''

La chanson de Fortunio ''La chanson de Fortunio '' (''The Song of Fortunio'') is a short opéra-comique in one act by Jacques Offenbach with a French libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Hector Crémieux. The music was composed within a week, with a further week being spent ...

''. An

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of 1907 by

André Messager André Charles Prosper Messager (; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty opéra comique, opéras comiques, opérettes and other stage wo ...

, '' Fortunio'', was based closely on the play.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandelier, Le Plays by Alfred de Musset 1835 plays Works originally published in Revue des deux Mondes