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Étienne Crétu
Étienne Crétu was an 18th-19th-century French playwright. The son of Anthelme Crétu, managing director of the Théâtre des Variétés who associated him to the direction, his plays were presented in this theatre from 1801 to 1828. Works *1785: ''Les Deux gendres'', comedy in five acts and in verse *1799: ''Pygmalion à Saint-Maur'', farce-anecdotique in one act and vaudevilles, with François Bernard-Valville and Étienne Gosse *1801: ''Quel est le plus ridicule ? ou La Gravure en action'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Gosse and Morel *1826: ''Le Chiffonnier, ou le Philosophe nocturne'', comédie en vaudevilles in five acts and in one day, with Emmanuel Théaulon *1826: ''Paris et Bruxelles, ou le Chemin à la mode'', two-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Jean-Baptiste Gondelier and Théaulon *1826: ''Le Soufflet conjugal'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Théaulon *1827: ''Les Compagnons du devoir, ou le Tour de France'', one-act tableau-vaudeville, with W. Lafonta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just Reading (process), reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwright" and is the first person in English literature to refer to playwrights as separate from Poet, poets. The earliest playwrights in Western literature with surviving works are the Ancient Greeks. William Shakespeare is amongst the most famous playwrights in literature, both in England and across the world. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English , from Old English ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word ''wikt:wwright'' is an archaic English term for a Artisan, craftsperson or builder (as in a wheelwright or Wagon, cartwright). The words combine to indicate a person who has "wrought" words, themes, and other elements into a dramatic form — a play. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Des Variétés
The Théâtre des Variétés () is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History The theatre owed its creation to Mademoiselle Montansier (Marguerite Brunet). Imprisoned for debt in 1803 and frowned upon by the government, a decree of 1806 ordered her company to leave the Théâtre du Palais-Royal which then bore the name of "Variétés". The decree's aim was to move out Montansier's troupe to make room for the company from the neighbouring Théâtre-Français, which had stayed empty even as the Variétés-Montansier had enjoyed immense public favour. Strongly unhappy about having to leave the theatre by 1 January 1807, the 77-year-old Montansier gained an audience with Napoleon himself and received his help and protection. She thus reunited the "Société des Cinq", which directed her troupe, in order to found a new theatre, the one which stands at the side of the pass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for theatre, theatrical performance rather than mere Reading (process), reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright. Plays are staged at various levels, ranging from London's West End theatre, West End and New York City's Broadway theatre, Broadway – the highest echelons of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world – to Regional theater in the United States, regional theatre, community theatre, and academic productions at universities and schools. A stage play is specifically crafted for performance on stage, distinct from works meant for broadcast or cinematic adaptation. They are presented on a stage before a live audience. Some dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, have shown little preference for whether their plays are performed or read. The term "play" encompasses the written texts of playwrights and their complete theatrical renditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act (drama)
An act is a major division of a theatrical work, including a play, film, opera, ballet, or musical theatre, consisting of one or more scenes. The term can either refer to a conscious division placed within a work by a playwright (usually itself made up of multiple scenes) or a unit of analysis for dividing a dramatic work into sequences. The word ''act'' can also be used for major sections of other entertainment, such as variety shows, television programs, music hall performances, cabaret, and literature. Acts and scenes An act is a part of a play defined by elements such as rising action, climax, and resolution. A scene normally represents actions happening in one place at one time and is marked off from the next scene by a curtain, a blackout, or a brief emptying of the stage. The elements that create the plot of a play and divide it into acts include the exposition, which sets up the rest of the story by giving basic information. Another element is the inciting incid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Bernard-Valville
François Marcellin Bernard-Valville (6 February 1767 – 15 October 1828) was a French playwright and librettist. Biography The son of a lawyer of Clermont, his studies led him to theater, where he played a few years under the name Bernard-Valville, before turning to playwriting, with some success. He arrived in Paris in 1795 and staged his plays in several Parisian theaters. But the career of arms attracted him: he accompanied General Decaen to Pondicherry and Mauritius Island when the latter became governor, and continued his career in France until the collapse of the Empire. The uncertain period following the Hundred Days prompted him to return to Mauritius, where he was appointed deputy headmaster of the Royal College in Port-Louis, where he also taught rhetoric. He returned to Paris later in life, where he eventually died. ''The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy'', 1856, (p. 814-815) Jacques Bernard, also a military (captain of hussards) and poet died in 1842, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Gosse
Étienne Gosse (Bordeaux, 1773 – Toulon, 21 February 1834) was an 18th–19th-century French playwright, chansonnier, and journalist. Short biography In 1793 he volunteered in the army and quickly became an officer and secretary at the arsenal in Nantes. Wounded during the war in the Vendée in 1796, he retired from service. A proponent of liberal ideas in ''le Miroir'' and ''la Pandore'', his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre Français, and the Théâtre des Variétés. He died from a stroke of apoplexy in Toulon 21 February 1834. Works *1794: ''La Mort de Vincent Malignon'', trait historique, in 1 act *1798: ''L'Épreuve par ressemblance'', one-act comedy, in verse *1799: ''L'Auteur dans son ménage'', one-act comedy, in prose, mingled with ariettes *1799: ''L'Épicière bel-esprit'', one-act comedy, in prose, with François Bernard-Valville *1799: ''Les Femmes politiques'', thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morel (vaudevillist)
Morel (before 1783 – 1802), was a French 18th–19th-century playwright and writer of Comédie en vaudevilles. His first name has always been unknown. Morel's short career may suggest that he was the pseudonym of a more famous author unidentified to date. Joseph-Marie Quérard in his 1834 book ''La France Littéraire'' writes "MOREL ( ), died in 1802, aged 19" with no further information and Léon Thiessé in his ''Essai biographique et littéraire'' "We have named Morel, who died in 1802 aged twenty-one from a chest disease, who left some nice songs, and a political work almost unknown".''M. Étienne: Essai biographique et littéraire'', 1853, (p. XIV) Works *1799: ''Le Café des artistes'', one-act Comédie en vaudeville, with Charles-Guillaume Étienne and Charles Gaugiran-Nanteuil *1799: ''L'intérieur d'un comité révolutionnaire, ou les jacobins, par moi'' *1799: ''Les Dieux à Tivoli, ou l'Ascension de l'Olympe'', folie non fastueuse, arlequinade, impromptu An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Théaulon
Marie-Emmanuel-Guillaume-Marguerite Théaulon de Lambert (14 August 1787, Aigues-Mortes – 16 November 1841) was a French playwright. A customs inspector, then an inspector of military hospitals, he composed an ''Ode'' on the birth of the King of Rome which brought him thanks from Napoleon himself. In 1814 he sang for the Bourbons and put on his first play, ''Les Clefs de Paris, ou le Dessert d’Henri IV'' (The Keys of Paris, or the Deservings of Henry IV), in their honour. In 1815, he composed and organised the posting of proclamations in honour of Louis XVIII. He collaborated on the royalist journals ''Le Nain rose'', ''La Foudre'', ''L’Apollon''. Selected works Above all during the Bourbon restoration, he wrote and put on a large number (sometimes alone, sometimes with collaborators), 250 according to one account. Written extremely quickly, most of them are only sketches, whose style often leaves something to be desired but which do not lack wit and beauty. He wrote two f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Gondelier
Jean-Baptiste Gondelier (8 December 1792 in Dijon – 31 October 1878) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist. Biography An engraver and lithographer at 110 in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, Jean-Baptiste Gondelier received a patent in letters on 12 septembre 1828. A widow in 1820 of Anne-Françoise-Esther Morisset, he remarried on 25 September 1824 with Joséphine Foliot. The publisher, among others, of the ''Constitutionnel'' and the ''Gazette des théâtres'', He permanently ceased his activities as a printer-lithographer on 8 July 1852. His plays were presented at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Théâtre des Variétés. He married Marie Rosine Palmyre Blancvillain. He died in Laon, Aisne, in 1878. ''Aisne, France Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1408–1930'' Works * 1826: ''Le Dilettante, ou le Siège de l'Opéra'', folie-vaudeville in five little acte, à propos du '' Siège de Corinthe'', with Emmanuel Théaulon and Théodore Anne, music by Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couplet
In poetry, a couplet ( ) or distich ( ) is a pair of successive lines that rhyme and have the same metre. A couplet may be formal (closed) or run-on (open). In a formal (closed) couplet, each of the two lines is end-stopped, implying that there is a grammatical pause at the end of a line of verse. In a run-on (open) couplet, the meaning of the first line continues to the second. Background The word "couplet" comes from the French word meaning "two pieces of iron riveted or hinged together". The term "couplet" was first used to describe successive lines of verse in Sir P. Sidney's ''Arcadia ''in 1590: "In singing some short coplets, whereto the one halfe beginning, the other halfe should answere." While couplets traditionally rhyme, not all do. Poems may use white space to mark out couplets if they do not rhyme. Couplets in iambic pentameter are called '' heroic couplets''. John Dryden in the 17th century and Alexander Pope in the 18th century were both well known for their w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel De Lurieu
Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom he is sometimes mistaken, was also a playwright, who used the pseudonym "J. Gabriel", under which he cowrote the libretto for the opera ''La perle du Brésil'' by Félicien David, and the collective pseudonym "Monsieur Sapajou" (with Armand d'Artois and Francis d'Allarde). Biography The son of a captain of Dragons from a family of the minor nobility (squire) of the former Forez province, parallel to its inspector general career in the watch of Benevolent Institutions of the City of Paris, he started writing Play (theatre), theatre plays. He authored numerous plays and libretto, libretti for Opéra comique, opéras comiques, most of them written in collaboration, in particular with Théophile Marion Dumersan, Francis baron d'Allarde, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Émile Vanderburch
Louis-Émile Vanderburch (30 September 1794 – 30 March 1862) was a 19th-century French writer and playwright. The painter Dominique Joseph Vanderburch (1722–1785) was his grandfather. Biography After he started a career in teaching as a professor of history, Vanderburch turned to literature and more specifically to theatre. From 1816, he authored more than a hundred theatre plays, some of which were met with great success. From 1836 to 1853, he lived in the of La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin (Loiret) which now houses the city hall of this town of 10,000 inhabitants. Works ;Theatre (selection) *1835: ''Jacques II'' *1836: ''Le Gamin de Paris'' *1838: ''Clermont, ou Une femme d'artiste'' (with Eugène Scribe) *1846: ''Une nuit au Louvre'' *1854: ''Le Sanglier des Ardennes'' *1855: ''Le sergent Frédéric'', comédie en vaudevilles (with Dumanoir) *1863: ''Peau d'âne'' ;Other *1816: ''L'Épingle noire'' *1847: ''Scènes contemporaines laissées par Madame la Vicomtesse de Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
