Pierre Michel Delaporte (5 September 1806 – 30 September 1872) was a 19th-century French playwright, painter,

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and political

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Short biography

He was educated in

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and in 1824 became a student of

Jean-Baptiste Regnault Jean-Baptiste Regnault (9 October 1754 – 12 November 1829) was a French painter. Biography Regnault was born in Paris, and began life at sea in a merchant vessel. At the age of fifteen his talent attracted attention, and he was sent to I ...

. After he suffered from an eye disease, he was forced to give up painting and thus turned to writing. His

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were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century including the

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, the

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, and the

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. He also created numerous lithographies, illustrations and prints which were published in many newspapers and magazines, such as ''

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'' or ''

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Works

* ''La Fille de l'air dans son ménage'', vaudeville-féerie in 1 act, with Honoré, 1837 * ''Le Cousin du Pérou'', comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lubize and Théodore Muret, 1837 * ''Le Parisien'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1837 * ''Argentine'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with

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s, with

Charles Dupeuty Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employ ...

and

Gabriel de Lurieu Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom ...

, 1839 * ''L'Amour d'un ouvrier'', drame-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hippolyte Lévesque, 1839 * ''La Bergère d'Ivry'', drame-vaudeville in 5 acts, with de Lurieu, 1839 * ''L'Argent, la gloire et les femmes'',

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 ...

extravaganza An extravaganza is a literary or musical work (often musical theatre) usually containing elements of burlesque, pantomime, music hall and parody in a spectacular production and characterized by freedom of style and structure. It sometimes also ha ...

, in 4 acts and 5

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, 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 ...

, 1840 * ''L'Andalouse de Paris'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Louis Bergeron Louis Bergeron (1 October 1811 in Chauny – 1 August 1890 in Croissy) was a 19th-century French journalist, writer and playwright. Works *1833: ''Campagnes d'Espagne et de Portugal sous l'Empire'' *1839: ''Fables démocratiques'' *1839: ''Un ...

, 1840 * ''La Mère Godichon'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Lubize, 1840 * ''Job l'afficheur'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with the Cogniard brothers, 1840 * ''Pile ou face'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lubize, 1840 * ''Les Amours de Psyché'', fantasie play, mingled with song, in 3 acts and 10 tableaux; preceded by ''l'Olympe'',

prologue A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ...

, with Charles Dupeuty, 1841 * ''Un Premier ténor'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1841 * ''Les Comédiens et les marionnettes'', vaudeville in 2 acts, with Dupeuty, 1842 * ''Un Ménage de garçon'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Laurençot, 1842 * ''Colin-Tampon'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Adolphe d'Ennery Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le ...

, 1844 * ''Estelle et Némorin'', pastorale bouffonne in 2 acts, mingled with songs, with

Charles Potier Charles Joseph Édouard Potier, called Charles (Bordeaux, 1806 – Asnières-sur-Seine, 28 April 1870) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright. A son of Charles-Gabriel Potier, an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), the Théâtr ...

, 1844 * ''Un Tribunal de femmes'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Laurençot, 1844 * ''Le Diable à quatre'', vaudeville-

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 3 acts, with

Ernest Jaime Jean-François-Ernest Jaime (28 April 1804 – 7 June 1884) was a French watercolourist, lithographer, art historian and playwright. He was the father of dramatist Adolphe Jaime (1824–1901). He collaborated to ''Le Figaro'' and '' La Cari ...

, 1845 * ''Les Amours de Monsieur et Madame Denis'', comédie vaudeville in 2 acts, with

Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois Auguste Anicet, later Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (25 December 1806 – 12 January 1871) was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris. The first play to bear his name is ''L'Ami et le mari, ou le Nouvel Amphitryon'', a vaudeville in one act. It ...

, 1845 * ''Cabrion ! ou les Infortunes de Pipelet'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1845 * ''La Fille à Nicolas'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Laurençot, 1845 * ''La Samaritaine'', vaudeville in 1 act, with de Lurieu, 1845 * ''Henri IV'', drame historique in 3 acts, 16 tableaux and prologue, with

Amable de Saint-Hilaire Amable Vilain de Saint-Hilaire (born 30 November 1799) was a French dramatist whose plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Renaissance ...

, 1846 * ''La Nouvelle Héloïse'', drama in 3 acts, mingled with song, with

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 ...

, 1846 * ''Ah ! que l'amour est agréable !'', vaudeville in 5 tableaux, with Hippolyte-Jules Demolière and Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, 1847 * ''Les Femmes de Paris, ou l'Homme de loisir'', drama in 5 acts, in prose, preceded by ''Un duel sans témoins'', prologue, with

Virginie Ancelot Marguerite-Louise Virginie Chardon Ancelot (1792–1875) was a French painter, writer and playwright. Ancelot was born to a parliamentary family in Dijon, and was married to playwright Jacques-François Ancelot. From 1824 to 1866 Ancelot hoste ...

, 1848 * ''Chodruc-Duclos, ou l'Homme à la longue barbe'',

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in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with

Alphonse Royer Alphonse Royer, (10 September 1803 – 11 April 1875) was a French author, dramatist and theatre manager, most remembered today for having written (with his regular collaborator, Gustave Vaëz) the librettos for Gaetano Donizetti's opera ''La f ...

and Gustave Vaez, 1850 * ''L'Île des bêtises'', vaudeville-

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own duri ...

of the year 1849, in 3 acts and 5 tableaux, with Honoré, 1850 * ''Le Raisin malade'', folie fantastique in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 1850 * ''Les Quenouilles de verre'', féerie-vaudeville in 3 acts and 8 tableaux, 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 ...

, 1851 * ''La Femme de ménage, ou la Tabatière de Polichinelle'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1851 * ''La Course au plaisir'', revue de 1851, in 2 acts and 3 tableaux, with Gaston de Montheau and Théodore Muret, 1851 * ''Les Reines des bals publics'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with de Montheau, 1852 * ''La Fille de Madame Grégoire'', vaudeville in 1 act, with de Montheau, 1853 * ''Un Moyen dangereux'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with song, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, 1854 * ''Les Papillons et la chandelle'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1854 * ''Le Bois de Boulogne'', revue-féerique, mingled with couplets, in 2 acts and 5 tableaux, with

Paul Duport Nicolas-Paul Duport (22 April 1798 – 26 December 1866) was a French dramatist and librettiste who also wrote under the pen names M. P. D., Paulin and Erbert. Theatre * 1824 : ''Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à 2 maris'', comédie-vaudeville in ...

, 1855 * ''Le Cousin du Roi'', comedy in 2 acts, 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 ...

, 1855 * ''Toinette et son carabinier'', croquis musical in 1 act, 1856 * ''Le Billet de faveur'', comédie-vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Laurecin and

Eugène Cormon Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career. Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 15 ...

, 1856 * ''Le Marquis d'Argentcourt, comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Dupeuty, 1857 * ''Rose la fruitière'', vaudeville in 3 acts, 1857 * ''Méphistophélès'', saynète musicale, 1858 * ''La Nouvelle Hermione'', comedy mingled with couplets, in 1 act, with Laurencin, 1858 * ''Il n'y a plus de grisettes !'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Laurencin, 1859 * ''Le Masque de velours'', vaudeville in 2 acts, 1859 * ''Les Trois fils de Cadet-Roussel'', comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Laurencin and

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 ...

, 1860 * ''Ah ! Que l'amour est agréable !'', vaudeville in 5 acts, with Varin, 1860 * ''Un Hercule et une jolie femme'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1861 * ''Ma sœur Mirette'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with song, with Varin, 1861 * ''L'Auteur de la pièce'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1862 * '' Monsieur et Madame Denis'',

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 1 act, with Laurencin, music by

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 '' ...

, 1862 * ''La Comtesse Mimi'', comedy in 3 acts, with Varin, 1862 * ''Un Ténor pour tout faire !'', opérette in 1 act, with Varin, 1863 * ''Une Femme qui bat son gendre'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1864 * ''Une Femme, un melon et un horloger !'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1864 * ''Les Ficelles de Montempoivre'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Varin, 1864 * ''Les Filles mal gardées'', comedy in 3 acts, with Varin, 1865 * ''Le Sommeil de l'innocence'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1865 * ''La Bande noire'', drama in 7 acts, with

Paul Foucher Paul-Henri Foucher (21 April 1810 – 24 January 1875) was a French playwright, theatre and music critic, political journalist, and novelist. Biography Early career Foucher was born in Paris and began his career as an employee in the offices of t ...

and Auguste Delaporte, 1866 * ''Le Baudet perdu'', paysannerie in 1 act, with Varin, 1866 * ''Madame Ajax'', play in 3 acts, with Varin, 1866 * ''L'Ange de mes rêves !'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Varin, 1867 * ''Ces Scélérates de bonnes'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Laurencin, 1867 * ''La Dame aux giroflées'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1867 * ''Le Dernier des Gaillard'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1867 * ''Madame Pot-au-feu'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varin, 1869

Bibliography

* Jules Gay, ''Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'amour, aux femmes, au mariage...'', 1871, (p. 447-448) *

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1880, (p. 536) *

Charles Dezobry Louis Charles Dezobry (4 March 1798 – 16 August 1871) was a 19th-century French historian and historical novelist, born at St-Denis. Works * ''Rome au siècle d'Auguste, ou Voyage d'un Gaulois à Rome à l'époque du règne d'Auguste et p ...

, Théodore Bachelet, ''Dictionnaire général de biographie et d'histoire'', 1895, (p. 811)

References

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