Saint-Agnan Choler (

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 ...

12 March 1820 – Paris 30 May 1880) was a French

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Adolphe Choler Adolphe Joseph Choler (1821 – 19 January 1889) was a French playwright and librettist who was born in and died in Paris. He was Saint-Agnan Choler's brother. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian venues of the 19th century: T ...

's brother. Choler studied at the collège royal de Charlemagne where he gained a prize in Greek theme ''Almanach de l’Université Royale de France'', 1836, His

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were given on the most important Parisian stages of his time:

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, Théâtre du Luxembourg, Théâtre du Gymnase,

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etc.

Works

*1850: ''Charles le Téméraire'',

comédie en vaudevilles The ''comédie en vaudevilles'' () was a theatrical entertainment which began in Paris towards the end of the 17th century, in which comedy was enlivened through lyrics using the melody of popular vaudeville (song), vaudeville songs.Barnes 2001. ...

in 1 act, with Adolphe Choler and

Auguste Lefranc Pierre-Charles-Joseph-Auguste Lefranc (2 February 1814 – 15 December 1878) was a 19th-century French playwright and journalist. Biography After secondary studies in Mâcon, he moved to Paris in order to attend law school. There he met Eugèn ...

*1854: ''L'Enfant de la halle'', drama-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Adolphe Choler and Eugène Vachette *1857: ''La filleule du chansonnier'', drama in 3 acts, mixed with song, after the songs by Béranger, with

Léon Beauvallet Léon Beauvallet, full name Pierre-Léon-Charles Beauvallet, (22 August 1828 – 22 March 1885) was a 19th-century French actor, playwright and novelist. Author of numerous plays, most of them written in collaboration, as well as feuilletons pu ...

*1859: ''Paris s'amuse !'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Adolphe Choler *1861: ''Gare l'eau'', review of 1860 in 3 acts and 5

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*1861: ''Le Trou à la lune'', fantasy play in 3 acts and 6 tableaux *1862: ''Bric-à-Brac et Cie'', fantasy vaudeville in 3 acts and 6 tableaux *1862: ''Roule ta bosse !'', review in 3 acts and 7 tableaux *1863: ''Cocher! A Bobino'', review in 3 acts and 9 tableaux *1864: ''Tir' toi d'là'', review in 3 acts and 10 tableaux *1865: ''V'lan ! ca y est !'', review of the year in 3 acts * 1866:''Entrez ! Vous êtes chez vous !'', play in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, preceded by ''Le Théâtre de l'avenir'', opening

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in 2 tableaux *1866: ''Je me l'demande'', review of the year 1866, in 10 tableaux *1872: ''A qui le tablier ?'', vaudeville in 1 act *1873: ''La Famille Guignol'', vaudeville in 1 act *1873: ''Faut du prestige'', vaudeville in 1 act *1874: ''Bobinette'', vaudeville in 1 act *1875: ''Mon Collègue'',

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*1875: ''Tous dentistes !'', one-at play *1877: ''La boite à Bibi'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with

Alfred Duru Henri Alfred Duru (22 November 1829 – 28 December 1889) was a 19th-century French playwright and operetta librettist who collaborated on more than 40 librettos for the leading French composers of operetta:Alfred Duru. In: ''The New Grove Diction ...

*1877: ''Le Bouillon de la mariée'', vaudeville in 1 act *1877: ''Les Tragédies de Paris'', drama in 5 acts and 10

, from the novel by

Xavier de Montépin Xavier Henri Aymon Perrin, Count of Montépin (10 March 1823 in Apremont, Haute-Saône – 30 April 1902 in Paris) was a popular French novelist.''Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary'' (1995) The author of serialised novels (feuilletons) ...

*1878: ''L'Accordeur'', vaudeville in 1 act *1878: ''La Première saisie'', comedy in 1 act, with Hippolyte Bedeau *1880: ''Les Trucs de Truck'', vaudeville in 1 act

References

19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Writers from Paris 1820 births 1880 deaths {{France-playwright-stub