Pierre Laujon (13 January 1727 – 13 July 1811) was a French playwright and chansonnier. He was uncle to the playwright Pierre-Yves Barré.

Works

;Theatre *1745: ''La Fille, la veuve et la femme'', parodie nouvelle des ''Fêtes de Thalie'', Théâtre italien de Paris, 21 August *1747: ''Daphnis et Chloé'', pastorale, Paris,

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, 28 September *1747–1748: ''Recueil des comédies et ballets'', représentés sur le théâtre des petits appartements pendant l'hiver de 1747 à 1748 *1750: ''La Journée galante'', ballet héroïque en 3 actes, représenté devant le Roi, sur le théâtre des petits appartemens à

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, 25 February *1754: ''Zéphire et Fleurette'', one-act parody of ''Zelindor'' by François-Augustin de Paradis de Moncrif, Théâtre italien de Paris, 23 March *1756: ''L'Amour impromptu'', parodie de l'acte dEglé'' dans les Talents lyriques, Paris, Opéra-Comique, 10 July *1762: ''Armide'', parody of the opera ''Armide'', in 4 acts, Théâtre italien de Paris, 11 January *1763: ''Ismène et Isménias, ou la Fête de Jupiter'', three-act opera, presented in front of their Majesties, in Choisy, Monday 13 June *1765: ''Silvie'', three-act opara with a prologue, presented in front of their Majesties in Fontainebleau, 17 October *1771: ''L'Amoureux de quinze ans, ou la Double fête'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, mingled with ariettes, Théâtre italien de Paris, 18 April *1776: ''Æglé'', ballet-héroïque in 1 act, presented in front of their Majesties, in Fontainebleau, 4 November *1777: ''Matroco'', drame burlesque, in 4 acts and in verse, mingled with ariettes and comédies en vaudevilles, presented in front of their Majesties, Théâtre italien de Paris *1782: ''Le Poète supposé, ou les Préparatifs de fête'', comedy in 3 acts and in prose, mingled with ariettes and comédies en vaudevilles, Théâtre italien de Paris, 25 April *1790: ''Le Couvent, ou les Fruits du caractère et de l'éducation'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, Paris, Théâtre de la Nation, 16 April *1806: ''Le Juif bienfaisant, ou les Rapprochements difficiles'', comedy in five acts and in prose, imitated from English, given in Rouen June ;Varia *1776: ''Les À propos de la folie ou Chansons grotesques, grivoises et annonces de parade'', 1776 *1800: '' Notice sur les Dîners du Caveau'', published in ''Les Dîners du Vaudeville'', Frimaire An V. *1811: ''Œuvres choisies de P. Laujon, contenant ses pièces représentées sur nos principaux théâtres, ses fêtes publiques ou particulières, ses chansons et autres opuscules, avec des anecdotes, remarques et notices relatives à ces divers genres''.

References

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 littératures'', Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 1205

External links

Biography on the Académie française site

His plays and their productions on CESAR
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laujon, Pierre Writers from Paris 1727 births 1811 deaths French chansonniers 18th-century French poets 18th-century French male writers 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Members of the Académie Française Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery