Pol Mercier, real name Jean-Étienne-Polydore Mercier (25 April 1819 – 11 May 1874) 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. He was born and died in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Folies-nouvelles, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Comédie-française, and the Théâtre des Variétés.

Works

*1846: ''Un Nuage au ciel'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard *1850: ''Freluchette'',

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in one act *1851: ''Christian et Marguerite'', comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Édouard Fournier *1852: ''Méridien'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and

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*1853: ''Le Roman du village'', one-act comedy in verse, with Fournier *1855: ''Biribi'', pantomime, foreword by Théophile Gautier *1855: ''Le Chevrier blanc'', conte-pantomime extravaganza in 5 tableaux, with Paul Legrand *1855: ''La Sœur de Pierrot'', mimodrama extravaganza in 5 tableaux, with Legrand *1855: ''La Sœur grise !'', scène lyrique, music by Édouard Montaubry *1857: ''Le Calfat'',

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs, and dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, length of the work, and at face value, subject matter. Apart from its s ...

*1857: ''Ce Scélérat de Poireau !'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and

Amédée de Jallais Amédée de Jallais (17 December 1826 – 31 January 1909) was a 19th-century French playwright, operetta librettist and chansonnier. Biography The son of a lieutenant colonel in the guards, he studied at the College Bourbon then entered in th ...

*1857: ''Le Gardien des scellés'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and de Jallais *1857: ''Triolet'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville *1859: ''Le Diable rose'', play with ariettes in 1 act, with Fournier *1860: ''Un Troupier qui suit les bonnes'', 3-act comédie en vaudeville, with Clairville and Léon Morand *1862: ''Le Paradis trouvé'', comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Fournier *1863: ''Le Chagrin de Marie'', romance *1863: ''Les Trois Normandes'', opérette bouffe in 1 act, with Frédéric Barbier (music) *1864: ''Les Cochers de Paris'', popular play in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with Clairville and Morand *1864: ''Le Pavillon des amours'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Henri Vernier *1864: ''Deux permissions de dix heures'', operetta in 1 act, with Henry Currat and Frédéric Barbier (music), 1864 *1864: ''Les Trois Berrichons'', vaudeville in 1 act

Bibliography

* Georges d'Heylli, ''Dictionnaire des Pseudonymes'', 1868, 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French librettists People from Rochefort, Charente-Maritime 1819 births 1874 deaths {{France-playwright-stub