Paul Auguste Gombault (21 January 1786 in

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and ''OBPS Name Authority File''
/ref>) was a 19th-century French playwright. His plays were presented at the

Théâtre Comte The Théâtre Comte, also called Théâtre des Jeunes-Élèves (the latter name revived from a previous theatre, on a different site, in the rue de Thionville, that had been closed down by Napoleon's decree of June 1807), was a Parisian entertainme ...

, the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

Works

*1806: ''La Revue des Gobe-Mouches, ou, les visites du jour de l'an'', one-act folie-épisodique, in vaudevilles, with Alexandre Fursy *1816: ''Le Soldat d'Henri IV'',

one-act play A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writi ...

, mingled with vaudevilles *1823: ''Le Petit chaperon rouge'', conte en action 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 Étienne-Junien de Champeaux *1823: ''Le Petit clerc'', one-act comédie en vaudeville, with

Charles-Maurice Descombes Charles-Maurice Descombes, real name Jean Charles François Maurice, (26 March 1782 – 7 September 1869) was a 19th-century French playwright, theatre critic and writer. Biography François Guizot's private secretary, literary critic, founde ...

*1824: ''Les Sœurs de lait'', scènes morales, mingled with couplets, with

Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard (17 June 1779 – 5 January 1846) was a 19th-century French playwright and chansonnier. A president of the Caveau Moderne in 1839, he participated to numerous literary publications such as the ''Courrier des Théât ...

*1824: ''Le Tambour de Logrono, ou Jeunesse et valeur'', one-act historical tableau, mingled with couplets, with

Pierre Capelle Pierre Adolphe Capelle (4 November 1775 – 4 October 1851) was a 19th-century French Chansonnier (singer), chansonnier, Goguette, goguettier and French literature, writer. Works First a chansonnier, he also composed many Comédie en vaudevi ...

*1825: ''Le Couronnement au village, ou la Route de Reims'', à propos mingled with couplets, with Laffillard *1825: ''Croisée à louer, ou Un jour à Reims'', tableau mingled with vaudevilles, with Laffillard *1827: ''Finette, ou l'Adroite princesse'', folie- féerie mingled with couplets, after the contes de Perrault, with Laffillard and Jules Dulong *1827: ''La Petite somnambule ou Coquetterie et gourmandise'', vaudeville in 3 tableaux, with Laffillard *1827: ''Le Petit marchand, ou Chacun son commerce'', vaudeville in 1 act, from a tale by Ducray-Duménil, with

Auguste Imbert Jean-Baptiste Auguste Imbert (3 March 1791, in Paris – 1840, in Brussels) was a 19th-century French playwright, bookseller, publisher, historian, chansonnier and journalist. Biography He first worked in various jurisdictions before being ...

and Laffillard *1829: ''Un Jour d'audience'', vaudeville en 1 acte, imitated from the Tales of Bouilly *1830: ''Les Deux Mousses'', drama in three tableaux, mingled with song and dance,

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 ...

, 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 ...

*1830: ''Napoléon à Brienne'', pronostic, mingled with couplets *1851: ''Le Père Joseph'', three-act comedy, mingled with couplets

Bibliography

Joseph-Marie Quérard Joseph Marie Quérard (25 December 1797 – 3 December 1865) was a French bibliographer. He was born at Rennes, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller. Sent abroad on business, he remained in Vienna from 1819 to 1824, where he drew up the fi ...

, ''La France littéraire ou Dictionnaire bibliographique des savants...'', 1829,
read online

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gombault, Paul Auguste 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1786 births Writers from Orléans 1853 deaths