Louis Charles Achille d'Artois de Bournonville (17 March 1791 – 2 December 1868) was a French writer,

librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major ...

and

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwri ...

Biography

A very prolific librettist, his plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages during his lifetime (

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 Montans ...

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 ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté,

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique () is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular Théâtre de la foire, theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief riva ...

, Odéon,

Théâtre de la Renaissance The name Théâtre de la Renaissance () has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building ...

...).

Works

* ''Les maris ont tort'',

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, 1813 * ''Pauché ou la curiosité des femmes'', comédie anachréontique, in 1 act, mingled with

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...

s, with Théaulon, 1814 * ''Le Roi et la Ligue'',

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...

in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1815 * ''Turenne, ou Un trait de modestie'', with F. de Bury, 1815 * ''Les visites'',

tableau Tableau (French for 'little table' literally, also used to mean 'picture'; : tableaux or, rarely, tableaus) may refer to: Arts * ''Tableau'', a series of four paintings by Piet Mondrian titled '' Tableau I'' through to ''Tableau IV'' * '' Tableau ...

vaudeville in 1 act, with

Armand d'Artois Armand d'Artois (3 October 1788 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque ...

and Théaulon, 1815 * ''La Rosière de Hartwell'', comedie en vaudevilles on one act, with Armand d'Artois, 1816 * ''Les perroquets de la mère Philippe'', with Armand d'Artois and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1818 * ''La Saint-Henri'', divertissement, with

Théodore Anne Théodore Anne (7 April 1797 – 12 August 1869) was a French playwright, librettist, and novelist. Engaged in the army in 1814, until the July Revolution of 1830 he was a member of the compagnie de Noailles then, still faithful to the Bourbons ...

, 1825 * ''Le Pâte d'anguille, ou le quiproquo'', vaudeville in 1 act, after

La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, ; ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''Fables'', which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Euro ...

, 1828 * ''Les troqueurs'', 1819 * ''Angéline ou la champenoise'', comédie in vaudevilles imitated from German, with

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 ...

, 1819 * ''L'Invisible, ou la Curiosité d'une veuve'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Fulgence de Bury Fulgence de Bury, real name: Joseph Désiré Fulgence de Bury (1 March 1785 – 23 June 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright. A civil servant in the administration, he became known under the pen name Fulgence. His theatre plays were present ...

, 1820 * ''Le Traité de paix'', comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Brisset, 1821 * ''Le Coq de village'', with

Charles-Simon Favart Charles Simon Favart (; 13 November 1710 – 12 May 1792) was a French playwright and theatre director. The Salle Favart in Paris is named after him. Biography Born in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in F ...

, 1822 * ''Les Frères rivaux, ou la Prise de tabac'',

in 1 act, 1822 * ''Guillaume, Gautier et Garguille, ou Le Cœur et la pensée'', comédie grivoise in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with

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 ...

, 1822 * ''Le père et le tuteur'', 5-act comedy, 1822 * ''La Pauvre Fille'', 1-act vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois (1788-1867) and

Michel Dieulafoy Joseph-Marie-Armand-Michel Dieulafoy (1762, Toulouse – 13 December 1823) was a French librettist and playwright. Biography He was received lawyer in Toulouse and he seemed destined to the bar where he had started. In his relatives, owners of ...

, 1823 * ''Le polichinelle sans le savoir'', comédie-parade mingled with

ariette In music, an aria (, ; : , ; ''arias'' in common usage; diminutive form: arietta, ; : ariette; in English simply air) is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger ...

s, with

Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer, journalist, dramatist and theatre director. Jouslin de La Salle was administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the théât ...

, 1823 * ''Les Amours de village'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1823 * ''La Dame des Belles Cousines'', vaudeville in 1 act, 1823 * ''Le Duc d'Aquitaine ou Le Retour'', with

and

Felice Blangini Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice Blangini (18 November 1781 – December 1841) was an Italian musical composer. Biography Blangini was born in Turin, where, at the age of 12, he became organist of the cathedral. At 14 he led a mass with a full orchest ...

, 1823 * ''Les Femmes volantes'', vaudeville-féerie in 2 acts, with E. Théaulon, 1824 * ''Alfred, ou la Bonne Tête !'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

, 1824 * ''La Curieuse'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, 1824 * ''Les Deux officiers'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Anne, 1824 * ''Le Mariage de convenance'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1824 * ''L'Officier et le paysan'',

in 1 act in prose, with

Charles-Frédéric Kreubé Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (Lunéville, 5 November 1777 – Saint-Denis, 3 May 1846) was a 19th-century French violinist, conductor and composer. Biography A student of Rodolphe Kreutzer, he was admitted in 1801 into the orchestra of the Op� ...

, 1824 * ''Le Retour à la ferme'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Mathurin-Joseph Brisset Mathurin-Joseph Brisset (22 November 1792 – 7 June 1856) was a French writer, poet, political journalist and playwright of the first half of the 19th century. Biography A bodyguard attached to the company of Havré, then an infantry officer ...

, 1824 * ''La Sorcière des Vosges'', vaudeville in 2 acts, 1824 * ''Belphégor, ou le Bonnet du diable'', vaudeville-féerie in 1 act, with

Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges (; 7 November 1799 – 23 December 1875) was a French playwright, who was born and died in Paris. He was one of the most prolific librettists of the 19th century, often working in collaboration with others. ...

and Jules Vernet, 1825 * ''Le Champenois, ou les Mystifications'',

in 1 act, 1825 * ''Les Châtelaines, ou les Nouvelles Amazones'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

, 1825 * ''L'Exilé'', vaudeville en 2 actes, with Théodore Anne and Henri de Tully, after

Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European literature, European and Scottish literature, notably the novels ''Ivanhoe'' (18 ...

, 1825 * ''La Grand'Maman, ou le Lendemain de noces'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1825 * ''Le Bon père'', comedy in 1 act, with

Ferdinand Laloue Ferdinand Laloue (1794 in Passy – 27 September 1850) was a French dramatist, librettist and theatre producer. Administrator of the Théâtre du Cirque-Olympique, he also was director of the Hippodrome and the théâtre des Délassements comique ...

, 1827 * ''Le Caleb'', comedy in one acte, with

Eugène de Planard Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Eugène de Lamerlière and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1828 * ''Le Château de Monsieur le Baron'',

in 2 acts, with

Adolphe de Leuven Adolphe de Leuven (29 September 1802 – 14 April 1884) was a French theatre director and a librettist. Also known as Grenvallet, and Count Adolph Ribbing. He was the illegitimate son of Adolph Ribbing, who was involved in the assassination of ...

, 1828 * ''Le Brutal'', Henri III episode in 2 tableaux, 1829 * ''Les Suites d'un mariage de raison'', drama in 1 act, with

Léon Lévy Brunswick Léon Lévy Brunswick (20 April 1805, in Paris – 29 July 1859, in Le Havre) was a French playwright. He started as a journalist before turning to theater. He is the author of many comedies with Jean-François Bayard, Louis-Émile Vanderbur ...

and Victor Lhérie, 1829 * ''La veille et le lendemain ou Il faut bien aimer son mari'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Armand d'Artois, 1829 * ''La Czarine'', with

Michel Masson Auguste-Michel-Benoît Gaudichot pseudonym: Michel Masson (31 July 1800 – 12 thermidor an VIII- – 23 April 1883) was a French playwright, journalist and novelist of the 19th century. Biography A worker's son, he began acting at age 10 and ...

, 1830 * ''L'espionne'', with Dupeuty, 1830 * ''La Lingère du Marais, ou la Nouvelle Manon Lescaut'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with Henri Dupin, 1830 * ''M. Cagnard ou les Conspirateurs'', folie du jour in one act, with

Nicolas Brazier Nicolas Brazier (17 February 1783, Paris – 18 February 1838) was a French chansonnier and vaudevillist. Life Although his father was a boarding school master and the author of multiple school manuals, Brazier's education was however strongly ...

and

Théophile Marion Dumersan Théophile Marion Dumersan (4 January 1780, Plou, Cher, Plou, Cher – 13 April 1849, Paris) was a French writer of plays, vaudevilles, poetry, novels, chanson collections, librettos, and novels, as well as a numismatist and curator attached to t ...

, 1831 * ''L'Ange gardien, ou Sœur Marie'', comedy in 2 acts, with Henri Dupin, 1831 * ''Batardi, ou Le désagrément de n'avoir ni mère, ni père'', with Dupin, 1831 * ''Le Boa, ou le Bossu à la mode'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Francis Cornu Francis Cornu (4 October 1794 – 7 March 1848) was a French playwright. Biography After he made excellent studies in Paris, he lost his father and at the young age of 17, had to work for a living. He entered as an employee at the prefecture ...

, 1831 * ''La prima donna ou La sœur de lait'', 1832 * ''Le Fils du Savetier, ou les Amours de Télémaque'', vaudeville in one 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 S ...

, 1832 * ''L'aiguillette bleue'', historical vaudeville in three acts, with

Ernest Jaime Jean-François-Ernest Jaime (28 April 1804 – 7 June 1884) was a French watercolourist, lithographer, art historian and playwright. He was the father of dramatist Adolphe Jaime (1824–1901). He collaborated to ''Le Figaro'' and '' La Cari ...

and

, 1834 * ''La Chambre de Rossini'', canevas à l'italienne, mingled with vaudevilles and new music, with

Jean-Toussaint Merle Jean-Toussaint Merle (10 June 1785– 27 February 1852) was a French playwright and journalist. Biography Merle had a good education at the Central School of the department of Hérault before arriving in Paris in 1803. At first an employee at ...

and

Antoine Simonnin Antoine Simonnin (born Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Simonnin; Paris, 11 January 1780 – Paris, 14 May 1856) was a French writer and dramatist. Simonnin wrote, alone or in collaboration, more than 200 comédies en vaudeville, parodies or fantaisies. ...

, 1834 * ''La jolie voyageuse ou Les deux Giroux'', with

René de Chazet René de Chazet, full name René André Polydore Balthazar Alissan de Chazet, (23 October 1774 – 23 August 1844) was a French playwright, poet and novelist. Short biography The son of an annuities controller, parent of Mackau, the ambassador ...

and Joseph-Bernard Rosier, 1834 * ''Jean Jean don Juan, parodie en cinq pièces'', with

Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont Michel-Nicolas Balisson, baron de Rougemont (27 February 1781 - 16 July 1840), was a French journalist, novelist and dramatist. Biography His family comes from Sourdeval, in Normandy. He invented the ''mot de Cambronne''.Jacques Logie, Waterl ...

and

Charles Dupeuty Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee ...

, 1835 * ''Un mois de fidélité'', with Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny, 1835 * ''Le Comédien de salon'', with

Edmond Rochefort Edmond Rochefort, full name Claude-Louis-Marie de Rochefort-Luçay (Évaux-les-Bains, 1790 – Paris, April 1871), was a French writer, dramatist, vaudevillist and songs writer. His only play that was met with some success is '' Jocko ou le Singe ...

, 1836 * ''Le Jeune père'', with

, 1836 * ''Scipion, ou le Beau-père'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with E. Rochefort, 1836 * ''Trois cœurs de femmes'', vaudeville in 3 acts, with

Adolphe d'Ennery Adolphe d'Ennery (; or Dennery; Adolphe Philippe; 17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist. Life Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ' ...

and Edmond Burat de Gurgy, 1836 * ''Un frère de quinze ans'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Alexis Decomberousse Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th centur ...

, 1838 * ''Valentine'', comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Armand d'Artois, 1839 * ''Vingt-six ans'', comedy in 2 acts, with Armand d'Artois, 1839 * ''Un jeune caissier'', drama in 3 acts, with Théaulon, 1840 * ''Lucrèce Borgia'', opera in 3 acts, with Henri de Saint-Georges, 1840 * ''Une Idée de médecin, comédie en 1 acte mêlée de couplets'', with Armand d'Artois, 1844 * ''La Gardeuse de dindons'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with

Edmond de Biéville Edmond de Biéville, full name Charles-Henri-Étienne-Edmond Desnoyers de Biéville, (30 May 1814 – 1 January 1880 ) was a French journalist and playwright. The poet Fernand Desnoyers (1826-1869) was his brother. A student at the École s ...

and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1845 * ''Un domestique pour tout faire'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1846 * ''La Fille obéissante'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1847 * ''Un Monsieur qui veut exister'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois, 1849 * ''Un Dieu du jour'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 actes, with

Roger de Beauvoir Roger de Beauvoir (8 November 1806 – 27 August 1866) was the pen name of French Romantic novelist and playwright Eugène Augustin Nicolas Roger. Life His wit, good-looks and adventurous lifestyle made him well known in Paris, where he was a fri ...

, 1850 * ''Un bon ouvrier'', comédie en vaudevilles, with Joseph-Bernard Rosier, 1852 * ''Jusqu'à minuit'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1852 * ''Le Château de Coetaven'', comedy mingled with songs in 1 act, with Galoppe d'Onquaire, 1852 * ''Reculer pour mieux sauter'', proverbe-vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois, 1854

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