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Michel-Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, full name Adolphe Michel Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, (
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, 3 July 1770 –
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, 27 May 1846) was a 19th-century French
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and
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 ...
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Biography

After a career in the army, he became known in theater as
Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers (17 November 1772 – 9 August 1827) was a French composer, dramatist, and songwriter. Désaugiers is easily confused in historical writings with his father, Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (b. Fréjus, 1742 – d. Pari ...
's collaborator with whom he published more than thirty plays. Managing director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1821-1822, he also was Private Secretary to the Director of Water and Forests (1822), a founding member of the , and honorary reader of the King (
Charles X Charles X (born Charles Philippe, Count of Artois; 9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836) was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to reigning kings Louis XVI and Loui ...
) from 1823 to 1830. His
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, often circumstantial, were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the
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, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 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 ...
, the
Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique The Salle Favart, officially the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique, is a Paris opera house and theatre, the current home of the Opéra-Comique. It was built from 1893 to 1898 in a neo-Baroque style to the designs of the French architect Louis Berni ...
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Works

* ''La Comédie chez l'épicier, ou le Manuscrit retrouvé'',
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 ...
-anecdote in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1808 * ''La Jeunesse de Favart'', comédie anecdotique in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with
Antoine-Pierre-Charles Favart Antoine-Pierre-Charles Favart (6 October 1780 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright, painter, engraver and diplomat. Biography Favart was born in Paris in 1784. He was the grandson of Charles-Simon Favart and Marie Justine ...
, 1808 * ''Hector ou Le valet de carreau'', jeu de cartes in 5 parts, with Désaugiers and Rougemont, 1809 * ''M. La Gobe, ou Un jour de carnaval'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1809 * ''La petite Cendrillon ou La chatte merveilleuse'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1810 * ''Les sabotiers béarnais ou La faute d'orthographe'', vaudeville in 1 act, in prose, with Commagny, 1810 * ''Les Fêtes françaises, ou Paris en miniature'', entertainment 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 ...
, 1810 * ''La petite gouvernante'', comedy in 2 acts and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, 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, E ...
, 1811 * ''L'ogresse ou La belle au bois dormant'', vaudeville-folie-comi-parade in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1811 * ''La Bonne nouvelle, ou le Premier arrivé'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1811 * ''Bayard à La Ferté ou Le siège de Mézières'',
opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...
in 2 acts, with Désaugiers, 1811 * ''Les auvergnats ou L'eau et le vin'', vaudeville grivois in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1812 * ''La matrimoniomanie'', comedy in 1 act, with Rougemont and Désaugiers, 1812 * ''Monsieur Désornières, ou Faut-il rire ? faut-il pleurer ?'' folie in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1812 * ''Pierrot ou Le diamant perdu'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Désaugiers, 1813 * ''Le Bûcheron de Salerne ou Les Souhaits'', comedy-
féerie ''Féerie'', sometimes translated as "fairy play", was a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. ''Féeries'' blended music, dancing, pantomime, and ...
in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1814 * ''L'Hôtel garni, ou la Leçon singulière'', comedy in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1814 * ''Le Petit enfant prodigue'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1814 * ''Le Sabre de bois, ou la Revue du roi'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Rougemont, 1814 * ''Le Retour des lys'', à-propos in 1 act and in vaudeville, with Désaugiers, 1814 * ''L'Île de l'espérance, ou le Songe réalisé'', allegorical play in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers et Brazier, 1814 * ''Une journée au camp'', comical
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 2 acts, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1815 * ''Les Deux voisines ou Les Prêtés rendus'', comedy in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1815 * ''Le Vaudeville en vendanges'', petit à-propos villageois in 1 act, 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 Désaugiers and Commagny, 1815 * ''Le Bouquet du Roi, ou le Marché aux fleurs'', à propos in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1815 * ''Monsieur Sans-Gêne ou L'ami de collège'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1816 * ''Mariage de Mgr le duc de Berri'', with Désaugiers, 1816 * ''Le Dix-sept juin, ou l'Heureuse journée'', à-propos in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1816 * ''Les Visites bourgeoises, ou le Dehors et le dedans'', little sketch of a grand scene, in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Désaugiers and Commagny, 1816 * ''Chacun son tour, ou l'Écho de Paris'', divertissement villageois in vaudevilles, with de Chazet and Désaugiers, 1816 * ''Chansons chantées aux Champs-Élysées pour la fête du roi, le 25 August 1817'', with Désaugiers and Jacques-André Jacquelin, 1817 * ''Je fais mes farces'', folie in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Brazier et Désaugiers, 1817 * ''La Petite coquette'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1817 * ''La Vendange normande, ou les Deux voisins'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Alexandre Barrière, 1817 * ''Les Anniversaires des trois mai et huit juillet'', with
Marc-Antoine Désaugiers Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (1742 – 10 September 1793) was a French composer of numerous operas as well as a cantata on the storming of the Bastille and several pieces of sacred music. He was born in Fréjus. He studied music there but was largely ...
, 1818 * ''La Statue de Henri IV, ou la Fête du Pont-Neuf'', tableau grivois in 1 act, with de Chazet, Désaugiers and
Joseph Pain Marie Joseph Pain (4 August 1773, Paris – March 1830, ibid.) was a 19th-century French playwright, poet and essayist. Biography A member of the , censor and office manager at the Prefecture of the Seine under the Bourbon Restoration, chief ed ...
, 1818 * ''Couplets pour l'inauguration de la statue de Henri IV chantés à la représentation de l'Académie royale de musique, 24 August 1818'', with Désaugiers, 1818 * ''Les Deux Valentin, ou les Nouveaux Ménechmes'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1818 * ''Le bucheron de Salerne ou Les trois souhaits'', 1819 * ''Les Petites Danaïdes, ou 99 victimes, imitation burlesco-tragi-comi-diabolico-féerie of the opera the ''Danaïdes'' '', mingled with vaudevilles, danses, with Désaugiers, 1819 * ''Le Prêté rendu'', comédie mêlée de couplets, with Rougemont and
Mélesville Baron Anne-Honoré-Joseph Duveyrier, pen-name Mélesville (13 December 1787 in Paris – 7 November 1865 in Marly-le-Roi) was a French dramatist. The playwright Mélesville fils was his son. Life The son of Honoré-Nicolas-Marie Duveyrier, Mà ...
, 1819 * ''Le jeune Werther, ou Les grandes passions'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1819 * ''Le Berceau du prince, ou les Dames de Bordeaux'', à-propos vaudeville in 1 act, with
Nicolas Brazier Nicolas Brazier (17 February 1783, Paris - 18 February 1838) was a French chansonnier and vaudevillist. Life Son of a boarding school master and author of school manuals, Brazier's education was however strongly neglected due to the French Revo ...
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René de Chazet René de Chazet, full name René André Polydore Balthazar Alissan de Chazet, (23 October 1774 – 23 August 1844) was a French playwright, poet and novelist. Short biography The son of an annuities controller, parent of Mackau, the ambassador ...
, Désaugiers and Jean-Baptiste Dubois, 1820 * ''Scènes en l'honneur de la naissance de Mgr le duc de Bordeaux'', with Désaugiers, 1820 * ''Un Dîner à Pantin, ou l'Amphytrion à la diète'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers and
Nicolas Gersin Nicolas Gersin (born 1765 – died December 1833 at Chantilly) was a French playwright and librettist. An uncle of Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps who studied in his home, his plays have been performed on the most important Parisian sta ...
, 1820 * ''Le Baptême de village, ou le Parrain de circonstance'', vaudeville in 1 act, with de Bury, Ledoux de la Croisette and Désaugiers, 1821 * ''Les Étrennes du vaudeville, ou la Pièce impromptu'', folie-parade in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Désaugiers and
Francis baron d'Allarde Marie-François-Denis-Thérésa Le Roy Allarde better known as Francis baron d'Allarde (12 March 1778 – 4 October 1841) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright. Biography The son of the politician , he was a journalist in the Un ...
, 1821 * ''Vadeboncoeur, ou le Retour au village'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1822 * ''Une visite aux Invalides'', à-propos mingled with couplets, with de Bury and Ledoux, 1822 * ''Le comte d'Angoulême, ou Le siège de Gênes'', with
Fulgence de Bury Fulgence de Bury, real name: Joseph Désiré Fulgence de Bury (1 March 1785 – 23 June 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright. A civil servant in the administration, he became known under the pen name Fulgence. His theatre plays were presen ...
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Paul Ledoux Paul Ledoux (8 August 1914 – 6 October 1988) was a Belgian astrophysicist best known for his work on stellar stability and variability. With Theodore Walraven, he co-authored a seminal work on stellar oscillations. In 1964 Ledoux was awa ...
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Ramond de la Croisette Paul Alexis Raymond de la Croisette, called Charles (Paris, 14 April 1796 – Paris, 10 July 1849) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography An archivist at the French Chamber of Deputies, his plays, often signed ''Charles'', were presente ...
, 1823 * ''Les maris sans femmes ou une heure de paternité'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1823 * ''M. Oculi, ou la Cataracte, imitation burlesque de ''Valérie'' '', in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1823 * ''Plus de Pyrénées'', à-propos-vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1823 * ''La Route de Bordeaux'', à-propos in 1 act and in free verses, with Désaugiers and Gersin, 1823 * ''Chansons pour la S. Louis'', with
Frédéric de Courcy Frédéric de Courcy, born Frédéric Charlot de CourcyThus he is not part of the Norman Courcy family, contrary to his entry in ''Dictionnaire de biographie française'' (16 August 1796, Paris – 6 May 1862, Paris) was a French dramatist, poet an ...
, 1824 * ''Fenêtres à louer, ou les Deux propriétaires'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1825 * ''Les petites danaïdes'', 1846 * ''Recueil de chansons et poésies fugitives'', undated * ''Stances sur la naissance du roi de Rome'', undated * ''La Cause et les effets (et autres chansons royalistes), with Désaugiers, undated * ''Le siége de Gênes'', comédie héroïque in 2 acts, with de Bury et Ledoux, undated


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Bibliography

* François Xavier de Feller, ''Biographie universelle'', 1850, (p. 75)
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Béatrice Didier Béatrice Didier (born 21 December 1935 in La Tronche, Isère) is a French literary critic. Biography Didier was a professor of literature and a publishing series director. She earned a literary doctorate in 1965. She is also a Professor Emeritus ...
, ''Le XVIIIe siècle: 1778-1820'', vol.3, 1976, (p. 322) * Jean-Louis Tamvaco, Ivor Forbes Guest, ''Les cancans de l'Opéra'', 2000, (p. 21) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gentil De Chavagnac, Michel-Joseph 1770 births 1846 deaths 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French chansonniers Writers from Paris