Antoine Année ( Avremesnil in

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, near

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, 22 August 1770 –

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, 27 March 1846) was an 18th/19th-century French

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and

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. Année embraced early on the cause of freedom, but being in Paris at the times of the 20 June, the

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and the

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, misfortunes and events made a deep impression on him, since he never ceased to rise against its excesses. During the

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, he was in the army, shelter and security asylum for men who did not occupy positions high enough to give rise to desire or arouse the fears of authority. Some months after the , Année returned to Paris and published under the title ''Réhabilitateur'' a magazine devoted to avenge the victims of the Terror. It was still too near the system against which he stood and his newspaper only numbered some twenty issues. The men who had played leading roles were still too powerful for such paper to be published with impunity and Année was forced to abandon it. He previously co-wrote some

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s and contributed literary articles to several periodicals, including the ', the ''

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'' and ''

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''. At a time when the critic

Julien Louis Geoffroy Julien Louis Geoffroy (; 17 August 1743 – 27 February 1814) was a French literary critic. He was born at Rennes, and educated there and at the Collège Louis le Grand in Paris. He took orders and for some time was a mere usher, eventually bec ...

threw consternation behind the scenes, Année gathered his various judgments, opposed them to each other and wrote a book that was assigned to Pigault-Lebrun.

Theatre

*''Arlequin-décorateur'', comédie-parade in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with

Nicolas Gersin Nicolas Gersin (born 1765 – died December 1833 at Chantilly) was a French playwright and librettist. An uncle of Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps who studied in his home, his plays have been performed on the most important Parisian s ...

and

Alexandre de Ferrière Alexandre Leblanc de Ferrière, (18 October 1771, Bar-sur-Seine – 23 February 1848), was an 18th–19th-century French playwright, journalist, printer, publisher and writer. Biography The printer and director of ''L'Arlequin, journal de pièce ...

, Paris,

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, 24 August 1798 Text online
/small> *''Le Carrosse espagnol, ou Pourquoi faire ?'' comédie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Nicolas Gersin and

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, Paris, Vaudeville, 4 January 1800 *''Gilles ventriloque'', parade mingled with vaudevilles, in 1 act, with Nicolas Gersin and

Pierre-Ange Vieillard Pierre-Ange Vieillard de Boismartin (17 June 1778 – 12 January 1862) was a 19th-century French poet, playwright and literary critic. Biography Vieillard was the son of Antoine Vieillard de Boismartin, a lawyer at the Parlement of Rouen, then ...

, Paris, Vaudeville, 5 March 1800 Text online
/small> *''Une nuit d'été, ou Un peu d'aide fait grand bien'',

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in 3 acts, with Nicolas Gersin, music by

Arthur Pougin Arthur Pougin ( 6 August 1834 – 8 August 1921) was a French musical and dramatic critic and writer. He was born at Châteauroux (Indre) and studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris under Alard (violin) and Reber (harmony). In 1855 he becam ...

, Paris,

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, 7 June 1800 *''Le Premier Homme du monde, ou la Création du sommeil'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Ange Vieillard, Paris, Opéra-Comique, 30 December 1800 *''Un tour de soubrette'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, avec Nicolas Gersin, Paris,

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, 21 February 1805 *''Les Travestissements'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, avec Nicolas Gersin et Pierre-Ange Vieillard, Paris, Louvois, 7 August 1805 *''Une heure de caprice'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Nicolas Gersin, Paris, Vaudeville, 1 Octobre 1805

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Antoine-Vincent Arnault Antoine-Vincent, chevalier Arnault (1 January 176616 September 1834) was a French playwright. Life Arnault was born in Paris. His first play, ''Marius à Minturne'' (1791), immediately established his reputation. A year later he followed wit ...

, Antoine Jay,

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