Anselme Adrien Raymond Lévy called Adrien Vély or Vély (3 September 1864 – 30 May 1935) was a French journalist and playwright. ''A Contest for a Handkerchief'' (1909), ''Le dîner du 9'' (1909), and ''Un monsieur qui suit les dames'' (1906) are some of Adrien Vely's best-known works.

Life

Born in the

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, a journalist, he wrote and performed his plays under the pseudonym of Vély. He also uses in the press the pseudonyms of Addé, Brioché and Plumquick. His plays were represented on the most important Parisian stages of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. He also wrote songs, novels and film scripts.

Work

;As playwright * 1887: ''Valentine crue Zoé'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 acte, avec Adrien Moch, au théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs (13 April) * 1892: ''La Petite Salammbô'', parodie en 1 acte du roman de

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, with Alévy, at

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(29 September) * 1892: ''Cligne en haut ! Cligne en bas !'', revue de fin d'année en 1 acte et 2 tableaux, avec Alévy, music by Charles Raiter, at Concert-Parisien (15 December) * 1893: ''Veuve Prosper, successeur'', opérette en 3 actes, avec Alévy, au Théâtre Déjazet (11 October) * 1893: ''Paris-Printemps'', revue, avec Alévy, au théâtre d'Application * 1894: ''Napoléon intime'', comédie en 1 acte, avec Alévy, au théâtre d'Amiens (9 juillet). Reprise au théâtre du Grand-Guignol in June 1897. * 1894: ''Paris-Trianon'', revue en 2 actes et 3 tableaux, with Alévy, at Trianon-Concert (31 July) * 1894: ''Une Bonne soirée'', opérette en 1 acte, with Alévy, music by Paul Marcelles, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu (21 December) * 1895: ''Paris-Montmartre'', revue en deux actes, un prologue et six tableaux, avec Alévy * 1898: ''Paris qui trotte'', revue à grand spectacle, with Alévy and Laurent Grillet, Nouveau-Cirque (8 February) * 1898: ''Une lecture, ou les Jolies filles du Marché des Innocents'', one act comedy,

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(20 October) * 1900: ''Ya d'la femme'', revue en deux actes et un tableau, with

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, music by Laurent Halet, at Concert Parisien (15 October) * 1901: ''La revue des Variétés'', three acts review, with Paul Gavault, at Théâtre des Variétés (11 December) * 1901: ''Bichette'', three acts vaudeville, with Alexandre Fontanes, at

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(19 September) * 1902: ''Les Aventures du capitaine Corcoran'', play in 5 acts and 17 scenes based on the novel by Alfred Assollant, with Paul Gavault and

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(30 October) * 1902: ''V'là l'métro !'', revue in two acts and ten scenes, with

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(7 November) * 1902: ''Monsieur Tranquille'', one act comedy, with Léon Miral, at

(22 December) * 1903: ''Qu'est-ce qu'on risque ?'', revue in two acts and ten scenes, with Charles Clairville, at la Cigale * 1904: ''Pour trente-deux francs'', one act play, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (21 April) * 1905: ''Une revue au Théâtre du Palais Royal'', review in ten scenes including a prologue, with

Pierre Veber Pierre-Eugène Veber (15 May 1869 – 20 August 1942) was a French playwright and writer. Biography Pierre Veber was the brother of the painter Jean Veber, and the brother-in-law of both René Doumic and Tristan Bernard. His family was quite l ...

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(1 December) * 1905: ''Le Numéro 33'', one act play, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (24 January) * 1906: ''English school'', one act play, at Théâtre du Palais-Royal (4 May) * 1906: ''Ohé ! La r'vue du Français'', revue locale et féerique en 3 actes et 7 tableaux, au Théâtre-Français de Bordeaux (23 December) * 1909: ''La Poire'', pièce en 1 acte, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (25 April) * 1914: ''Le 1er janvier de la sous-préfète'', one act comedy * 1916: ''Le Locataire est sans pitié'', one act comedy, in verses * 1920: ''La Poupée américaine'', three acts

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, Armand Lévy and Fernand Rouvray, Alcazar de Brussels (19 February) * 1926: ''La Double gageure'', unpublished comedy * undated: ''Un directeur de naguère'', at Théâtre Michel. ;Novelist: * 1894: ''Contes panachés'', éditions

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, illustrations by Paul Destez, librairie Paul Ollendorf * 1924: ''En voilà des histoires'', éditions Ferenczi * 1924: ''La Plus aimée'', éditions

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* 1924: ''Mlle Charlequine, poule'', éditions Flammarion ;Journalist: * 1894: ''La Galerie des chefs-d’œuvre'' * 1921: ''La Grande détresse de la poésie française'' * 1929: ''Le Prix de français en Alsace'', 6th year, 1929. ;Screenwriter * 1908: ', short film (250 m) by

Georges Monca Georges Monca ( 23 October 1867 – 26 December 1939) was a French film director. He was extremely prolific, making nearly four hundred films during his career - mainly during the silent era. His shorts ''Rigadin Directeur de Cinéma'' and ''Riga ...

* 1909: ''Le Dîner du 9'', short film (215 m) by an anonymous director * 1909: ''La Course au mouchoir'', short film by an anonymous director * 1910: ''Amis de table d'hôte'', short film by an anonymous director * 1911: ''Pour voir Paris'', short film by

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''Saïgon sportif'', 6 December 1913, , on . * 1912: ''Zoé a le cœur trop tendre'', short film (155 m) by an anonymous director.

Awards

Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

* Officier d'Académie (ministerial order of 19 November 1889) *

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(ministerial order of 17 January 1897)

References

Bibliography

* Louis Bethléem, ''Romans à lire et romans à proscrire: essai de classification'', 1925, * René Bellé, Andrée Fénelon Haas, ''Vingt contes du vingtième siècle'', 1955,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vély, Adrien 20th-century French writers French dramatists and playwrights French male screenwriters 1864 births 1935 deaths Writers from Paris