Léopold Chandezon (died 17 July 1846) 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 ...

and librettist of the 19th century whose plays have been presented on the most famous Parisian stages of his time:

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.

Works

* ''Le Dernier bulletin, ou la Paix'', impromptu with vaudevilles, with Darrodes de Lillebonne, 1806 * ''Baudoin de Jérusalem ou les Héritiers de Palestine'',

melodrama A modern melodrama is a dramatic work in which the plot, typically sensationalized and for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodramas typically concentrate on dialogue that is often bombastic or exces ...

in three acts, with

Eugène Cantiran de Boirie Eugène Cantiran de Boirie, real name Jean-Bernard-Eugène Cantiran de Boirie, (22 October 1785 – 14 December 1837) was a French dramatist. Boirie was the son of a chief clerk of the stewardship of Paris, who at the time of the Revolution, spen ...

, 1814 * ''Henri IV, ou la Prise de Paris'', historical melodrama in 3 acts, with de Boirie and J-B. Dubois, 1814 * ''Jean sans peur, duc de Bourgogne, ou le Pont de Montereau'', heroic melodrama in 3 acts in prose, with de Boirie, 1815 * ''Le Mariage de Clovis ou Le Berceau de la Monarchie française'', melodrama in 3 acts, à grand spectacle, with de Boirie and J-B. Dubois, 1815 * ''La Marquise de Gange, ou les Trois frères'', historic melodrama in 3 acts in prose, with de Boirie, 1815 * ''La Sibylle, ou La mort et le médecin'', féerie in 2 acts, with songs and dances, with de Boirie and J-B. Dubois, 1815 * ''Le Connétable Du Guesclin, ou le Château des Pyrénées'', melodrama in 3 acts, in prose, with de Boirie, 1816 * ''Le sacrifice d'Abraham'', play in 4 acts, with Cuvelier, 1816 * ''Les Machabées ou La prise de Jérusalem'', sacred drama in 4 acts, with Cuvelier, 1817 * ''La Fille maudite'', melodrama in 3 acts, with de Boirie, 1817 * ''La Gueule de lion, ou la Mère esclave'', melodrama in 3 acts in prose, with Cuvelier, 1817 * ''Roland furieux'', chivalrous pantomime and magic in 4 acts, with prologues, with Cuvelier, 1817 * ''La Forêt de Sénart'', melodrama in 3 acts, with de Boirie, 1818 * ''Jean Sbogar'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Cuvelier, 1818 * ''Le Coffre de fer, ou la Grotte des Apennins'', pantomime in three acts, with Cuvelier, 1818 * ''La Grand-maman'', 1 act comedy, in prose, mixed with vaudevilles, with Jean-Baptiste Dubois, 1819 * ''La Montre d'or, ou le Retour du fils'', mimodrame in 2 acts, with Cuvelier, 1820 * ''La Muette, ou la Servante de Weilhem'', fait historique in 1 act, 1820 * ''Le Paysan grand seigneur, ou la Pauvre mère'', melodrama in 3 acts, with de Boirie, 1820 * ''Sydonie, ou La famille de Meindorff'', with Cuvelier, 1821 * ''L'armure, ou le Soldat moldave'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Cuvelier, 1821 * ''La Prise de corps, ou la Fortune inattendue'', folie anecdotique in 1 acte and in prose, 1821 * ''La Prise de Milan, ou Dorothée et La Trémouille'', play in 3 acts, with Cuvelier, 1821 * ''Le Temple de la mort, ou Ogier-le-Danois'', play in 3 acts, with Cuvelier, 1821 * ''La chasse ou le jardinier de Muldorff'', comédie en vaudevilles, in one acte, with de Boirie, 1823 * ''Le Remords'', melodrama in 3 acts, 1823 * ''Cardillac ou Le quartier de l'Arsenal'', with Béraud, 1824 * ''Les Aventuriers, ou le Naufrage'', melodrama in 3 acts, 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 ...

, 1825 * ''La Corbeille de mariage, ou les Étrennes du futur'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Maurice Alhoy Philadelphe-Maurice Alhoy (1802 – 27 April 1856) was a 19th-century French journalist, writer and playwright, born and died in Paris. As journalist Under the Restauration and the July Monarchy, when "every day saw the birth of a new paper" (E ...

and Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, 1825 * ''Cagliostro'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Béraud, 1825 * ''Les Prisonniers de guerre'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Béraud, 1825 * ''La Redingotte et la perruque, ou le Testament'', mimodrame in 3 actes, with Béraud, 1825 * ''Mazeppa, ou le Cheval tartare'', mimodrame in 3 acts, after lord Byron, with

Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier (15 January 1766 – 25 May 1824) was a French playwright, nicknamed the Crébillon of melodrama. He first entered the military career then turned to theatre and was a rival of René Charles Guilbert de Pixéréco ...

, 1825 * ''Le Corregidor ou les Contrebandiers'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Béraud, 1826 * ''Le Rôdeur, ou les Deux apprentis'', drama in 3 acts, with Béraud, 1827 * ''Le Vétéran'', military play in 2 acts, with Béraud, 1827 * ''Desrues'', melodrama in 3 acts, with Jules Dulong and Saint-Amand, 1828 * ''Irène, ou la Prise de Napoli'', melodrama in 2 acts, with Béraud, 1828 * ''La Muse du boulevard'', dream in two periods, with prologue and epilogue, mixed with songs, with Dulong and Saint-Amand, 1828 * ''L’Éléphant du roi de Siam'', play in 3 acts and 9 parts, with Ferdinand Laloue, 1829 * ''Le Nain de Sunderwald'', play in 2 acts and 8 parts, 1829 * ''La Tour d'Auvergne, premier grenadier de France'', military play in 2 periods and 8 parts, 1829 * ''Le Voile bleu'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont Michel-Nicolas Balisson, baron de Rougemont (27 February 1781 - 16 July 1840), was a French journalist, novelist and dramatist. Biography His family comes from Sourdeval, in Normandy. He invented the ''mot de Cambronne''.Jacques Logie, Waterlo ...

and Dulong, 1827 * ''Ma Rente avant tout'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1837 {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandezon, Leopold 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French librettists