Édouard Edmond Lafargue (1803 in Langon – 1 February 1884 in

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) was a French

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. His plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:

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, Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique,

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville () was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis, Piis and Yves Barré, Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets s ...

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etc. Quelques-unes de ses pièces ont été signées under the

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''Camille''Joseph Marie Quérard, ''Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées'', 1869, (p. 634)

Plays

*1825 : ''Le mauvais sujet'', drama, with

Eugène Scribe Augustin Eugène Scribe (; 24 December 179120 February 1861) was a French dramatist and librettist. He is known for writing "well-made plays" ("pièces bien faites"), a mainstay of popular theatre for over 100 years, and as the librettist of man ...

*1842 : ''Le Château de la Roche-noire, ou Un amour posthume'', comedy in 1 act, mixed with

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s, with

Paul Siraudin Pierre-Paul-Désiré Siraudin (18 December 1812 – 8 September 1883) was a French playwright and librettist. He also used the pen names Paul de Siraudin de Sancy, Paul Siraudin de Sancy and M. Malperché. Biography He wrote many plays, main ...

*1845 : ''L'almanach des adresses'',

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in three acts, with Ferdinand de Villeneuve *1845 : ''L'Escadron volant de la Reine'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Dumanoir *1847 : ''La Cour de Biberach'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Eugène Guinot *1850 : ''Un fantôme'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with de Villeneuve *1851 : ''Mme Bertrand et Mlle Raton'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Dumanoir *1852 : ''Mademoiselle de Navailles'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Siraudin *1853 : ''Le bourreau des crânes'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, preceded by a prologue, with

*1853 : ''Un mari charmant'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Dumanoir *1854 : ''La marquise de Tulipano'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Dumanoir *1854 : ''La Mort du pêcheur'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Siraudin *1857 : ''L'Homme qui a vécu'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Dumanoir *1858 : ''La Balançoire'', comedy in 1 act, mixed with couplets, with

Dumanoir Philippe François Pinel (), known as Dumanoir (; 31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist. Biography Dumanoir was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe. He was the son of Mrs. Pinel-Dumanoir, whose family ...

*1860 : ''Le Chapitre de la toilette'', comedy in 1 act, with Antonin d'Avrecourt and Ernest-Georges Petitjean *1860 : ''Un tyran en sabots'', comedy in 1 act, in prose, with Dumanoir *1861 : ''Le Gentilhomme pauvre'', comedy in 2 acts, in prose, with Dumanoir *1862 : ''Le Domestique de ma femme'', comédie envaudevilles in 1 act, with d'Avrecourt and Petitjean *1862 : ''Les Invalides du mariage'', comedy in 3 acts, with Dumanoir *1863 : ''Trois chapeaux de femme'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Siraudin

Bibliography

* Joseph Marie Quérard, Félix Bourquelot, Charles Louandre, ''La littérature française contemporaine. XIXe siècle'', 1852, (p. 527) * Édouard Feret, ''Personnalités & notables girondins'', 1889, (p. 352)

References

19th-century French dramatists and playwrights People from Gironde 1803 births 1884 deaths {{France-playwright-stub