Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle (15 September 1794 – 1 July 1863) was a French lawyer,

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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 ...

and

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. Jouslin de La Salle was administrator of the Comédie-Française from 1832 to 1837, and then of the

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in 1839.

Theatre

* ''Le Mûrier'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Vernet 22 June 1819. * ''Les Deux Veuves ou les Contrastes'', comedy in 1 act, with Martial Aubertin, 10 April 1821. * ''Jane Shore'', melodrame en 3 acts, with Hyacinthe Decomberousse, Alphonse de Chavanges, 1824. * ''La Famille du charlatan'', folie vaudeville in 1 act, with Maurice de Chavanges, 12 October 1824. * ''L’École du scandale'', play in 3 acts and in prose, with Charles-R.-E. de Saint-Maurice, Edmond Crosnier, 8 December 1824. * ''Les Acteurs à l’auberge'', comedy in one act, with

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and Francis Cornu, 28 May 1825. * ''La Corbeille de mariage ou les Étrennes du futur'',

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in one act, with Maurice Alhoy and

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, 31 December 1825. * ''Monsieur de Pourceaugnac'', ballet-folie-pantomime in 2 acts, with Jean Coralli, 28 janvier 1826. * ''Le Tambour et la musette'', tableau-vaudeville in one act, with Maurice Alhoy and

Charles Nodier Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (; 29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the ''conte fantastique'', gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writi ...

, 15 April 1826. * ''Gulliver'', ballet-folie en 2 actes, with Jean Coralli, 9 May 1826. * ''

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac ''Monsieur de Pourceaugnac'' is a three-act ''comédie-ballet''—a ballet interrupted by spoken dialogue—by Molière, first presented on 6 October 1669 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors. ...

'', ballet-folie-pantomime in 2 acts, with Jean Coralli, théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 28 January 1826. * ''Gulliver'', ballet-folie in 2 acts, with Jean Coralli, théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 9 May 1826. * ''Les Filets de Vulcain ou le Lendemain d’un succès'', folie vaudeville in i act, with Dupin, théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 15 July 1826. * ''La Fête du village, or le Cadran de la commune'', vaudeville in 1 act for the king's anniversary, with Edmond Crosnier and , 4 November 1826. * ''Le Contumace'',

melodrama A melodrama is a Drama, dramatic work in which plot, typically sensationalized for a strong emotional appeal, takes precedence over detailed characterization. Melodrama is "an exaggerated version of drama". Melodramas typically concentrate on ...

in 3 acts, with Charles-R.-E. de Saint-Maurice and Edmond Crosnier, 28 November 1826. * ''Le Caissier'', drama in 3 acts, with Charles-R.-E. de Saint-Maurice, 30 March 1828. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jouslin de La Salle, Armand-Francois 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French journalists French male journalists Administrators of the Comédie-Française People from Vierzon 1794 births 1863 deaths 19th-century French male writers