Victor Masselin, real name Victor Jean-Baptiste Masselin, (1804 in Paris – 16 May 1855

Jules Janin Jules Gabriel Janin (16 February 1804 – 19 June 1874) was a French writer and critic. Life and career Born in Saint-Étienne (Loire), Janin's father was a lawyer, and he was educated first at St. Étienne, and then at the lycée Louis-le-Gra ...

, ''Almanach de la littérature du théâtre et des beaux-arts'', 1855, p.77) was a 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 ...

. His plays were presented at the

Gymnase-Enfantin The Gymnase-Enfantin or Gymnase des Enfants was an entertainment venue formerly located near the Passage de l'Opéra (Galerie du Baromètre, leading to the Salle Le Peletier) in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It had a capacity of 200 spectators. ...

, at the

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique The Théâtre de l’Ambigu-Comique (, literally, Theatre of the Comic-Ambiguity), a former Parisian theatre, was founded in 1769 on the boulevard du Temple immediately adjacent to the Théâtre de Nicolet. It was rebuilt in 1770 and 1786, but in ...

, at the Folies-dramatiques, at the Théâtre-Français and at the Théâtre des Variétés.

Works

*1835: ''Le Fils de Figaro'', comédie en vaudevilles en 1 act, avec

Edmond Burat de Gurgy Edmond Burat de Gurgy, real name Edmond François Célestin Burat de Gurgy, (1810 – 7 March 1840) was a French writer and playwright. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time as soon as 1830 ( Folies-Dramati ...

*1836: ''Les Deux jumelles'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act *1839: ''Le Roi de carreau'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Jules Chabot de Bouin Nicolas Jules Chabot de Bouin (Chef-Boutonne, 5 September 1807 – Paris 1857) was a French writer, novelist and playwright of the 19th century. He composed both under his name and under the pseudonyms Jules Pecharel, Michel Morin and Octave de ...

*1839: ''Les Trois lièvres'', vaudeville in 1 act *1843: ''L'Art et le Métier'', comedy in 1 act and in verses, with Xavier Veyrat

Notes and references

19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Place of birth missing 1804 births 1855 deaths {{France-playwright-stub