Louis Jean Péricaud (10 June 1835,

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– 12 November 1909, Paris) was a 19th-century French stage actor, chansonnier, playwright, theatre historian and

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. He was the father of actress

Berthe Jalabert Berthe Jalabert (Rennes, 31 October 1858 – after 1935) was a French stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the actor, theatre director, and playwright Louis Péricaud (1835-1909). Filmography * 1914 in film, 1914: ''L'Étau (1914 fil ...

(1858–c.1935) and the uncle of actor

Gustave Hamilton Gustave Honoré Hamilton (27 March 1871, in Brussels – 5 January 1951, in Villefranche-sur-MerSite ''Les gens du cinéma'/ref>) was a 20th-century Belgian film actor. He was the nephew of actor, theatre director and playwright Louis Péricaud an ...

(1871-1951).

Works

;Selected plays: *1864: ''Le Diable au Havre'', grande revue-féerie in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, with Richard Lesclide, Théâtre du Havre, 13 January *1873: ''À cache-cache'' comedy in one act in verse and in prose, with Carle Le Dhuy,

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, 25 July *1876: ''Les Trois grâces'', pochade musicale, with

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and Gaston Villemer,

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*1877: ''La Jeunesse de Béranger'', one-act operetta, music by Firmin Bernicat, L'Eldorado, 20 January *1878: ''Une aventure de Clairon'', one-act operetta, with Gaston Villemer, L'Eldorado, 23 November *1881: ''Les Chevau-Légers'', one-act operetta, with Lucien Delormel, music by

Robert Planquette Jean Robert Planquette (31 July 1848 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of songs and operettas. Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, especially '' Les cloches de Corneville'' (1878), the length of ...

, L'Eldorado, 15 December *1885: ''Les Français au Tonkin'', military play in 5 acts and 10 tableaux, including one prologue, with Gaston Marot and Henri Noellet, Paris, Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 9 February *1886: ''Le Père Chasselas'', drama in 5 acts, with Jean Athis, music by George Rose Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 19 November *1887: ''Les Grenadiers de Mont-Cornette'',

opéra bouffe Opéra bouffe (, plural: ''opéras bouffes'') is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, inspiring the genre's name. Opéras bouff ...

in 3 acts, with Lucien Delormel, music by

Charles Lecocq Alexandre Charles Lecocq (3 June 183224 October 1918) was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable success in the 1870 ...

Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with a ...

, 4 January *1887: ''Polichinelle'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, extractc from the Mansardes de Paris by Pierre Zaccone, with Ernest Vois, Bordeaux, Bouffes-Bordelais, 9 June *1889: ''Jack l'éventreur'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, with Gaston Marot, Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 30 August *1891: ''Madame la maréchale'', play in 3 acts, with Alphonse Lemonnier, Théâtre de l'Ambigu, 8 June *1893: ''La Mère la Victoire'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, with Gaston Marot, Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 10 March *1894: ''La Belle limonadière'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with Émile Blondet, Théâtre de l'Ambigu, 20 July *1895: ''La Belle Grêlée'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, from the novel by

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, with Stéphen Lemonnier, Théâtre de la République, 10 December *1897: ''L'Hercule Farnèse'', one-act comedy,

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, 2 September *1898: ''La Fille aux écus'', drama in 5 acts, Théâtre de la République, 20 August *1898: ''La Turlutaine de Marjolin'', comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, with Maurice Soulié and Charles Darantière,

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, 30 November *1903: ''L'Hameçon'', comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, with Charles Darantière and Louis Bouvet, Théâtre-Trianon, 17 February *1906: ''L'Hôtellerie sanglante'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, from the novel by Paul Mahalin,

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, 20 January *1906: ''La Mioche dorée'', drama in 5 acts, with Alphonse Lemonnier, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 14 June *1909! ''Pierre de lune'', play in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, after

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, with

Henri Desfontaines Henri Desfontaines (12 November 1876, Paris – 7 January 1931, Paris) was a French film director, actor, and scriptwriter. Filmography As director * 1908 : ''Hamlet'' * 1909 : '' Le Puits et le pendule'' * 1910 : '' Un invité gênant'' * 1 ...

Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin The Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin is a venerable theatre and opera house at 18, Boulevard Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. History It was first built very rapidly in 1781 under the direction of (1726–1810) to house th ...

, 15 June ;History of theatre *1863: ''Voyage à travers le théâtre'' *1897: ''Le Théâtre des Funambules, ses mimes, ses acteurs et ses pantomimes, depuis sa fondation jusqu'à sa démolition'' Text online
/small> *1908: ''Histoire de l'histoire des grands et des petits théâtres de Paris pendant la Révolution, le Consulat et l'Empire : Théâtre de Monsieur'' *1909: ''Histoire de l'histoire des grands et des petits théâtres de Paris pendant la Révolution, le Consulat et l'Empire : Théâtre des Petits comédiens de S. A. S. Mgr le Cte de Beaujolais'' Text online
/small> *1922: ''Le Panthéon des comédiens, de Molière à Coquelin aîné'', preface by Coquelin aîné Text online
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Some performances

;As director *1889: Xavier de Montépin and Jules Dornay: ''La Porteuse de pain'', Théâtre de l'Ambigu, 11 January *1896:

Eugène Brieux Eugène Brieux (; 19 January 18586 December 1932), French dramatist, was born in Paris of poor parents. Biography Works A one-act play, ''Bernard Palissy'', written in collaboration with M. Gaston Salandri, was produced in 1879, but he h ...

, ''Les Bienfaiteurs'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 22 October *1900: Edmond Haraucourt : ''Jean Bart'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 5 April *1901:

Émile Bergerat Émile Bergerat (29 April 1845 – 13 October 1923) was a French poet, playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms l'Homme masqué (the masked man), Caliban and Ariel (the latter two drawn from '' The Tempest'' by William Shakespeare). ...

: ''La Pompadour'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 13 November *1902:

Auguste Maquet Auguste Maquet (; 13 September 1813 – 8 January 1888) was a French author, best known as the chief collaborator of French novelist Alexandre Dumas, père, co-writing such works as ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' and ''The Three Musketeers''. ...

: ''La Maison du baigneur'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 6 October *1905:

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: ''Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre'', Théâtre de la Gaîté, 12 September *1907:

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: ''Le Manteau du Roi'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 22 October ;Comedian * 1881: Gaston Marot: ''Casse-Museau'', Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 13 December, as Casse-Museau * 1890: ''L'Ogre'' by Jules de Marthold,

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* 1893: ''Napoléon'' by Léopold Martin-Laya, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 5 December as Talleyrand. * 1895: ''Le Collier de la reine'' by

Pierre Decourcelle Pierre Adrien Decourcelle (25 January 1856 - 10 October 1926) was a French writer and playwright. Life Pierre Adrien Decourcelle was born in Paris on 25 January 1856. His father, Adrien Decourcelle, and his uncle, Adolphe d'Ennery, were both a ...

, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin * 1896: ''

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'' by

Henri Caïn Henri Cain (11 October 1857 – 21 November 1937) was a French dramatist, opera and ballet librettist. He wrote over forty librettos from 1893 to his death, for many of the most prominent composers of the Parisian Belle Epoque. Cain was born in ...

, Eugène Adenis and Édouard Adenis, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin * 1897: Edmond Rostand : ''

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'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 28 December. as Montfleury and a cadet de Gascogne. * 1902: Paul Anthelme Bourde, ''Nos deux consciences'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 15 November, as Lancelin. * 1905: ''Scarron'' de Catulle Mendès, directed by

Jean Coquelin Jean Coquelin (1865–1944) was a French film and stage actor and the son of Benoît-Constant Coquelin Benoît-Constant Coquelin (; 23 January 184127 January 1909), known as Coquelin aîné ("Coquelin the Elder"), was a French actor, "one of the ...

and Henry Hertz, music by

Reynaldo Hahn Reynaldo Hahn (; 9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a Venezuelan-born French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – ''mélodies'' – of which he wrote more than 100. Hahn was born in Caracas b ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté, as La Rancune * 1905: ''Les Oberlé'' by Edmond Haraucourt after

René Bazin René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (26 December 1853 – 20 July 1932) was a French novelist. Biography Born at Angers, he studied law in Paris, and on his return to Angers became Professor of Law in the Catholic university. In 1876, Bazin marr ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté, as Philippe Oberlé. * 1906: ''L'Attentat'' by Alfred Capus and

Lucien Descaves Lucien Descaves (16 March 1861– 6 September 1949) was a French novelist. Selected works * ''Le Calvaire de Héloïse Pajadou'' (1883) 'Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary.'' Sunny Lou Publishing , 2021 Further reading * * External links * ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté, as Postel.

Sources

* Henry Lyonnet, ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français'', Genève : Bibliothèque de la Revue universelle internationale illustrée, 1902-1908, vol. II,
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