Lubize, real name Pierre-Michel Martin or Martin-Lubize (21 February 1798 (3 ventôse an VI)
registre des naissances de l'an VI pour la ville de Bayonne, Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Atlantiques. – 28 January 1863 Acte n°125 ()
registre des décès de l'année 1863 pour le 9e arrondissement, Archives numérisées de la Ville de Paris.) was a 19th-century 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 ...

and

librettist A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major litu ...

. Also known under the pseudonym Morel, he authored more than one hundred

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition ...

s, alone or in collaboration.

Biography

The son of Michel Martin, former soldier, and of Marie Lubize whose name he chose as pseudonym, he studied at

collège Bourbon In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between ...

and worked first in the office of the Laffitte et Cie bank. On 21 June 1828, he married Virginie Guyot. and made his debut at theatre in 1832 with a three-act play titled ''L'Abbaye-aux-Bois'', written in collaboration with Pixérécourt. In May 1844, Lubize became director of the

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

where he succeeded the playwright

Jacques-François Ancelot Jacques-Arsène-Polycarpe-François Ancelot (9 January 1794 – 7 September 1854) was a French dramatist and litterateur. Biography Born in Le Havre, Ancelot became a clerk in the admiralty, and retained his position until the Revolution of ...

. At the announcement of his death, the magazine ''Jean Diable'' read: Labize was the uncle of dramatist

Henry Becque Henry François Becque (9 April 1837 – 12 May 1899), was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris. Life In 1867, he wrote, in imitation of Lord Byron, the libretto for Victorin de Joncières's opera ''Sardanapale'', but his first important work ...

(1837-1899).

Works

*1832: ''L'Abbaye-aux-Bois, ou la Femme de chambre'', histoire contemporaine in three acts and six

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by René-Charles de Pixérécourt and Henri Martin, Théâtre de la Gaîté (14 February) *1832: ''Tout pour ma fille'', drame-vaudeville in three acts with E. F. Varez and Léonce Laurençot, Théâtre de la Gaîté (24 July) *1832: ''M. Lombard, ou le Voyage d'agrément'', folie-vaudeville in one act with

Charles Varin Charles Voirin, called Varin, (20 January 1798 (1er pluviôse an VI) – 24 April 1869) was a 19th-century French playwright. He also wrote under the pen names V. Warin and Victor. Biography Destined by his father to the profession of nota ...

and

Desvergers Desvergers, real name Armand-Sacré Chapeau, (1794 – 3rd arrondissement of Paris 26 June 1851 ) was a 19th-century French playwright Biography Little is known about Desvergers's life except the few lines that were dedicated to him by the med ...

, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin (15 août) *1834: ''La Cinquantaine'', comédie-vaudeville on one act, Théâtre du Gymnase (19 July) *1835: ''Au clair de la lune, ou les Amours du soir'', vaudeville in three acts with Varin et Desvergers,

Théâtre des Variétés The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle ...

(11 February) *1835: ''La Suicidomanie'', vaudeville in one act with Pierre Clozel, Théâtre du Cirque-Olympique (25 June) *1835: ''Une heure dans l'autre monde'', folie-parade mingled with

couplet A couplet is a pair of successive lines of metre in poetry. A couplet usually consists of two successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (or closed) couplet, each of the ...

s with Eugène Ronteix,

Théâtre du Panthéon The Théâtre du Panthéon was a theatre building in Paris, at 96 (now 46) rue Saint-Jacques ( 5th arrondissement). It opened in 1832 and closed in 1844. It was named after the nearby Panthéon. History It was built in 1831 on the remains of the ...

(28 September) *1836: ''Ma sœur et ma place'', comédie-vaudeville in one act with Hestienne, Théâtre des Variétés (27 March) *1836: ''Arriver à propos'', comédie-vaudeville in one act with

Étienne Arago Étienne Vincent Arago (9 February 1802 – 7 March 1892) was a French writer and politician, and co-founder (with Maurice Alhoy) of the newspaper ''Le Figaro''. Early life Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers. ...

(7 September) *1836: ''Le Conseil de discipline'', vaudeville in one act with the

Cogniard brothers The Cogniard brothers were two French brothers who worked as playwrights and theatre directors, producing an incalculable number of vaudevilles, reviews, féeries and operettas. The elder of the two was Charles-Théodore or Théodore Cogniard (30 A ...

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 ...

(10 September) *1836: ''Fils aîné de veuve'', drame-vaudeville en un acte de Lubize et Maillard,

théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue ...

(21 octobre) *1837: ''Le Muet de Saint-Malo, ou les Grandes émotions'', vaudeville en un acte de Lubize et Varin, théâtre du Vaudeville (6 février) *1837: ''La Barbe de Jupiter'', vaudeville in one act with Jules-Auguste Rauzet,Except his collaboration to this vaudeville, Rauzet is otherwise completely unknown. Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (13 May) *1837: ''Spectacle à la Cour'', vaudeville in two acts with

Emmanuel Théaulon Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert (14 August 1787, Aigues-Mortes – 16 November 1841) was a French playwright. A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an ''Ode'' on the birth of the King o ...

and

Gustave Albitte Gustave Albitte (30 April 1812 – 17 November 1898 ) was a 19th-century French playwright. He was the son of the conventional Jean-Louis Albitte le Jeune and a nephew of Antoine Louis Albitte l'Aîné. base généalogique Roglo Besides the ...

, Théâtre du Gymnase (25 November) *1838: ''La Bonne Vieille'', comédie-vaudeville in one act, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (25 January) *1838: ''La Bourse de Pézénas'', grrrrande 'sic''spéculation industrielle mingled with vaudevilles with Léonce, Théâtre du Gymnase-dramatique (15 May) *1838: ''La Cachucha, ou Trois cœurs tout neufs'', vaudeville in one act with Morel, Théâtre du Gymnase (30 July) *1839: ''La Baronne de Pinchina'', vaudeville in two acts with

Édouard Brisebarre Edouard-Louis-Alexandre Brisebarre (Paris 12 February 1815 – 17 December 1871 10th arrondissement of ParisArchives numérisées de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 10ème arrondissement, registre des décès de 1871, acte n° 8643, vue 9/3/ref>) ...

, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (7 February) *1840: ''Les Roueries du marquis de Lansac'', comédie-vaudeville in three acts with Brisebarre, Théâtre de la Gaîté (16 February) *1840: ''La Mère Godichon'', vaudeville in three acts with

Michel Delaporte Pierre Michel Delaporte (5 September 1806 – 30 September 1872) was a 19th-century French playwright, painter, lithographer and political caricaturist. Short biography He was educated in Amiens and in 1824 became a student of Jean-Baptiste R ...

, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (19 March) *1840: ''Les Dîners à trente-deux sous'', vaudeville in one act with the frères Cogniard and Hippolyte Rimbaut,

(16 May) *1840: ''Une Assemblée de créanciers'', tableau-vaudeville in one act with Théaulon, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique (2 June) *1840: ''Les Mystères d'Udolphe'', vaudeville fantastique in two acts with ***, Théâtre des Folies-dramatiques (3 June) *1841: ''M. Gribouillet'', vaudeville in one act with

Paul de Kock Charles Paul de Kock (May 21, 1793 in Passy, Paris – April 27, 1871 in Paris) was a French novelist. Although one of the most popular writers of his day in terms of book sales, he acquired a literary reputation for low-brow output in poor tast ...

, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin (7 May) *1841: ''La Pommade du lion'', vaudeville in one act with Fortuné,

Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted venue ...

(20 June) *1841: ''Les Pages et les Brodeuses'', vaudeville in two acte with Charles Davesne, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (18 July) *1841: ''Les Jolies Filles de Stilberg, ou les Pages de l'Empereur'', vaudeville in one act, Théâtre du Gymnase (30 December) *1842: ''Claudine'', drama in three acts with

Charles Desnoyer Charles-Louis-François Desnoyer, or Desnoyers, (6 April 1806 – 6 February 1858) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and theatre manager. He also wrote under the pen name Anatole de Beaulieu. Short biography He made his debut as act ...

after the short story by Florian, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin (30 August) *1843: ''Un mauvais père'', with Lajariette, Théâtre de la Gaîté (12 April) *1844: ''Les Trois Péchés du Diable'', vaudeville in one act with

, Théâtre du Gymnase (14 September) *1844: ''Les Petites Bonnes de Paris'', vaudeville in three acts with

Hippolyte Le Roux Hippolyte Le Roux (Paris 1 July 1801 – Paris, 1 July 1860) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright. As an actor, he appeared in '' le Festin de pierre'' at the Théâtre-Français (1847) and in ''La Vieillesse de Richelieu'' (Fronsac) b ...

, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (30 December) *1845: ''La Coqueluche du quartier'', vaudeville in one act, Théâtre de la Gaîté (3 February) *1845: ''Chacun chez soi'', comédie-vaudeville in one act with Léonce Laurençot, Théâtre du Gymnane-Dramatique (15 June) *1845: ''L'Homme et la Mode'', comédie-vaudeville in two acts with Lajariette, théâtre du Vaudeville (22 July) *1846: ''Les Trois Amoureux de Mariette'', comédie-vaudeville in three acts with Brisebarre, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques (19 February) *1847: ''La Bouquetière du marché des Innocents'', vaudeville in three acts with Charles Dallard,

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, ...

(3 April) *1849: ''La Tasse cassée'', comédie-vaudeville in one act with Paul Vermond, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique (8 February) *1849: ''Une femme qui a une jambe de bois'', comedy in one act mingled with couplets, with Hermant, Théâtre de la Montansier (16 July) *1852: '' Le Misanthrope et l'Auvergnat'', comedy in one act mingled with couplets with Eugène Labiche and Paul Siraudin, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (10 August) *1854: ''Si ma femme le savait !'', vaudeville in two acts with Chiarini-Lange, Théâtre des Variétés (8 August) *1855: ''La Bride sur le cou'', vaudeville in one act, théâtre du Vaudeville (30 September) *1856: ''La Bourse au village'', vaudeville in one act with Clairville and Siraudin, Théâtre des Variétés (2 July) *1856: ''Obliger est si doux !'', comedy in ine act mingled with couplets, with

Laurencin Laurencin, real name Paul-Aimé Chapelle, (10 January 1806 - 9 December 1890) was a French playwright and librettist. He authored numerous theatre plays, vaudevilles and operettas, most of them in collaboration. '' Le 66'' and '' Monsieur et ...

and Pierre Chapelle, Théâtre du Palais-Royal (29 November) *1857: ''Le Secret de ma femme'', vaudeville in one act with Hermant, Théâtre du Vaudeville (27 July)

Texts

1834 Events January–March * January – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina. * January 1 – Zollverein (Germany): Customs charges are abolished at borders within its member states. * January 3 � ...

: ''Le Commis et la Grande Dame'', Bibliothèque des romans nouveaux, Paris

References

External links

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