Armand d'Artois (3 October 1788 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French

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and

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. He is fellow librettist Achille d'Artois's brother.

Biography

Trained for the bar, he first worked as an attorney. The success of his play ''Les Finacés'' in 1808 caused him to devote himself entirely to literature. In 1814, he joined the guards of the king of Belgium. He left military service after receiving the

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in 1818. A very prolific author, he wrote under various collective

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s such as Emmanuel, Emmanuel Arago, M. Sapajou, with

Francis baron d'Allarde Marie-François-Denis-Thérésa Le Roy Allarde better known as Francis baron d'Allarde (12 March 1778 – 4 October 1841) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright. Biography The son of the politician Pierre d'Allarde, he was a jo ...

and

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 ...

. As managing director of the

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 ...

from 1830 to 1836, he also directed ''Le Nain couleur de rose'', a political, literary, and moral newspaper from 15 September 1815 to 5 May 1816. He collaborated with ''La Foudre'' by

Alphonse de Beauchamp Alphonse de Beauchamp (1767–1832) was a French people, French historian. Life Beauchamp was born in Monaco and educated in Paris. He entered the Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinian military service in 1784, but suffered imprisonment in 1792 for refu ...

. His

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were presented on some of the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:

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 des Variétés,

Théâtre des Nouveautés The Théâtre des Nouveautés ("Theatre of the New") is a Parisian theatre built in 1921 and located at 24 boulevard Poissonnière (Paris, 9th arr.). The name was also used by several earlier Parisian theatre companies and their buildings, begin ...

Théâtre du Palais-Royal The Théâtre du Palais-Royal () is a 750-seat Parisian theatre at 38 rue de Montpensier, located at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais. Brief history O ...

Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques The Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques () was a theatre in Paris in the 19th and 20th centuries. Opened first in 1832 in the site of the old Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique on the Boulevard du Temple, under Frédérick Lemaître it became a noted ...

, etc.

Works

* ''Les Fiancés, ou l'Amour et le Hasard'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1808 * ''Les Femmes soldats ou la Forteresse mal défendue'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1809 * ''Les Femmes rivaux'', harlequinade in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1809 * ''Les Pêcheurs danois'', historical vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1810 * ''Les Six Pantoufles ou le Rendez-vous des Cendrillons'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Dupin and Antoine-Pierre-Charles Favart, 1810 * ''Le Sultan du Havre'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Dupin, 1810 * ''Partie carrée ou Chacun de son côté'',

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, with Dumersan and Théaulon, 1810 * ''Les Trois Fous ou la Jeune Veuve'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1810 * ''Le Pacha de Suresne ou l'Amitié des femmes'', 1811 * ''Les Pages au sérail'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1811 * ''La Belle Allemande'', historical fact in 1 act, with Henri Dupin, 1812 * ''Les Rendez-vous de minuit'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Dupin, 1812 * ''Bayard page, ou Vaillance et Beauté'', trait historique in 2 acts and in vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1812 * ''Le Boghey renversé ou Un point de vue de Longchamp'', croquis in vaudevilles, with Théaulon and Étienne Jourdan, 1813 * ''Les Bêtes savantes'', folie burlesque in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Dumersan and Théaulon, 1813 * ''Le Nécessaire et le Superflu'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

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 ...

, 1813 * ''Le Cimetière du Parnasse ou Tippó malade'', pompe funèbre in 1 act mingled with vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1813 * ''La Tour de Witikind ou la Capitulation'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Dupin, 1813 * ''Le Courtisan dans l'embarras'', comédie anecdote in 1 act, with Dupin, 1813 * ''Les maris ont tort'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1813 * ''L'Arbre de Vincennes'', vaudeville héroïque in 3 acts, with Théaulon and Joseph-Denis Doche, 1814 * ''La Vénus hottentote, ou Haine aux françaises'', 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 Théaulon, 1814 * ''La Route de Paris, ou les Allans et les Venans'', tableau épisodique in 1 act, in vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1814 * ''Les Clefs de Paris ou le Dessert d'Henri IV'', trait historique in vaudeville, with Théaulon, 1814 * ''Psyché, ou la Curiosité des femmes'', with Théaulon, 1814 * ''Les Visites, ou les Complimens du jour de l'an'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, 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 * ''La Bataille de Denain'', opéra comique in 3 acts, with Théaulon and

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 ...

, 1816 * ''Un Mari pour étrennes'', opéra comique in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1816 * ''La Rosière de Hartwell'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1816 * ''Charles de France, ou Amour et Gloire'', opéra comique in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1816 * ''Le Calendrier vivant ou Une année dans une heure'', with

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and Théaulon, 1817 * ''Paris à Pékin, ou la Clochette de l'Opéra-Comique'', parodie-féerie-folie in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Théaulon and

Marc-Antoine Désaugiers Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (1742 – 10 September 1793) was a French composer of numerous operas as well as a cantata on the storming of the Bastille and several pieces of sacred music. He was born in Fréjus. He studied music there but was largely ...

, 1817 * ''Robinson dans son isle'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with

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s and

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, 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 ...

, Nicolas Brazier and de Lurieu, 1817 * ''L'École de village ou l'Enseignement mutuel'', 1818 * ''La Route d'Aix-la-Chapelle'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1818 * ''Le Rideau levé, ou le Siège du Parnasse'', battle in couplets, with Théaulon, 1818 * ''Les Perroquets de la mère Philippe'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois and Théaulon, 1818 * ''Monsieur Champagne, ou le Marquis malgré lui'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1818 * ''Le Magasin de chaperons, ou l'Opéra-comique vengé'', folie-féerie-parodie in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1818 * ''Les Bolivars et les Morillos ou les Amours de Belleville'', caricatures in action, in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with de Lurieu, 1819 * ''La Féerie des arts ou le Sultan de Cachemire'', folie-

féerie ''Féerie'' (), sometimes translated as "fairy play", was a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. ''Féeries'' blended music, dancing, pantomime, ...

vaudeville in 1 act, with Francis and de Lurieu, 1819 * ''Angéline, ou la Champenoise'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 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 * ''Le Procès de Jeanne-d'Arc, ou le Jury littéraire'', with

Pierre Carmouche Pierre Carmouche (9 April 1797 - 9 December 1868) was a French playwright and chansonnier. He wrote more than 200 successful plays, comedies, comédies en vaudevilles and texts for opéras comiques, in collaboration with diverse authors - Brazi ...

and Henri Dupin, 1819 * ''Les Troqueurs'', with Achille d'Artois, 1819 * ''Les Visites à Momus'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with de Lurieu and Francis, 1819 * ''Les Vêpres odéoniennes'', parody of the ''Vêpres siciliennes'', with Antoine Jean-Baptiste Simonnin, 1819 * ''Le Mariage à la husarde, ou Une nuit de printemps'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with W. Lafontaine, 1819 * ''Le Château de mon oncle ou le Mari par hasard'', comedy in 1 act, with Désaugiers, 1819 * ''Les Trois Vampires ou le Clair de lune'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Brazier, 1820 * ''Le Diable d'Argent'', review in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Théaulon and

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 ...

, 1820 * ''Clari à Meaux en Brie, pantomime burlesque, précédée de Cadet-Roussel maître de ballets'', parade mingled with couplets, with Brazier and Dumersan, 1820 * ''Le Séducteur champenois, ou les Rhémois'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent and Saintine, 1820 * ''La Poste dramatique'', folie-à-propos de ''Marie Stuart'', sans unité de lieu; in 1 act, in prose, in verses, in couplets and in roulades, with Théaulon, 1820 * ''La Nina de la rue Vivienne'', with de Lurieu and Francis, 1821 * ''La Solliciteuse, ou l'Intrigue dans les bureaux'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1821 * ''Le Panorama de Paris, ou C'est fête partout !'', entertainment in 5 acts, in vaudevilles, 1821 * ''La Marchande de goujons, ou les Trois Bossus'', vaudeville grivois in 1 act, with Francis, 1821 * ''Le Parnasse gelé, ou les Glisseurs littéraires'', folie-revue en 1 act, with Théaulon and

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 ...

, 1821 * ''Jeanne d'Arc, ou la Délivrance d'Orléans'', drame lyrique in 3 acts, with Théaulon, 1821 * ''Les Blouses ou la Soirée à la mode'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with de Lurieu and Théaulon, 1822 * ''La Guerre ou la parodie de la paix'', tragédie burlesque in 5 acts and in verses, with Théaulon and Laloue, 1822 * ''Guillaume, Gautier et Garguille ou le Cœur et la Pensée'', with Francis and de Lurieu, 1822 * ''Le Comédien de Paris'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Eugène de Lamerlière, 1822 * ''Le Gueux, ou la Parodie du paria'', tragédie burlesque in 5 acts and in verse, with Théaulon and

Ferdinand Langlé Ferdinand Langlé, full name Joseph-Adophe-Adrien-Ferdinand Langlois, (21 November 1798 – 18 October 1867) was a French playwright and journalist. He was the founder of the company. Biography Joseph Langlois is the son of Honoré Langlé ...

, 1822 * ''Les Cris de Paris'', tableau poissard in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Francis and Simonnin, 1822 * ''Le Matin et le Soir, ou la Fiancée et la Mariée'', comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, 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 Théaulon, 1822 * ''La Dame des belles cousines'', 1823 * ''La Route de Poissy'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis, 1823 * ''Le Polichinelle sans le savoir'', comédie-parade mingled with couplets, 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 ...

and Francis, 1823 * ''La Pauvre Fille'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois 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 * ''Julien ou Vingt-cinq ans d'entr'acte'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Saintine, 1823 * ''Polichinelle aux eaux d'Enghien'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Francis and Saintine, 1823 * ''Le Laboureur, ou Tout pour le Roi ! Tout pour la France !'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Théaulon, 1823 * ''Les Femmes volantes'', vaudeville-féerie in 2 acts, with Achille d'Artois and Théaulon, 1823 * ''L'Enfant de Paris, ou le Débit de consolations'', with Francis and de Lurieu, 1823 * ''La Route de Poissy'', 1823 * ''L'Orage'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Saintine, 1823 * ''La Petite Babet, ou les Deux Gouvernantes'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis, 1823 * ''La Famille du porteur d'eau'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis, 1824 * ''L'École des ganaches'', with Francis and de Lurieu, 1824 * ''Thibaut et Justine, ou le Contrat sur le grand chemin'', comédie-anecdotique in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Francis and de Lurieu, 1824 * ''Le Perruquier et le Coiffeur'', comedy in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Dupin and

Thomas Sauvage Thomas-Marie-François Sauvage (; 1794 - May 1877) was a French dramatist, theatre director and critic. He collaborated with Adolphe Adam (an ''opéra comique'' in two acts '' Le Toréador'', 1849), Albert Grisar (''Gilles ravisseur'', 1838; ''L ...

, 1824 * ''Monsieur le pique assiette'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with de Lurieu and Théaulon, 1824 * ''L'Imprimeur sans caractère, ou le Classique et le Romantique'', with de Lurieu and Francis, 1824 * ''L'Homme de 60 ans ou la Petite Entêtée'', comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Simonnin and Laloue, 1824 * ''La Curieuse'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Achille d'Artois and X-B de Saintine, 1824 * ''Les Personnalités, ou le Bureau des cannes'', vaudeville épisodique in 1 act, with Francis and de Lurieu, 1824 * ''Les Deux Jockos'', mimickery in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Francis and de Lurieu, 1825 * ''L'Ami intime'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Théaulon, 1825 * ''Les Lorrains'', with Francis and de Lurieu, 1825 * ''Le Saint-Henri'', entertainment, 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 Champenois, ou les Mystifications'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois and Francis, 1825 * ''La Grand'Maman, ou le Lendemain de noces'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois and Francis, 1825 * ''Le Commissaire du bal, ou l'Ancienne et la Nouvelle Mode'', comédie-anecdote mingled with vaudevilles, in 1 act, with Francis, 1825 * ''France et Savoie'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1825 * ''La Léocadie de Pantin'', parodie de la ''Léocadie'' by Feydeau, with Dupin and Varner, 1825 * ''Les Inconvéniens de la diligence, ou Monsieur Bonnaventure'', 6 tableaux-vaudeville in the same setting, with Francis, 1826 * ''Le Candidat, ou l'Athénée de Beaune'', comédie en vaudevilles in 5 acts, with Théaulon and

, 1826 * ''Le Capitaliste malgré lui'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis and X.-B. Saintine, 1826 * ''Le Prisonnier amateur'', comedy mingled with couplets, with

Frédérick Lemaître Antoine Louis Prosper "Frédérick" Lemaître (; 28 July 1800 – 26 January 1876) was a French actor and playwright, one of the most famous players on the celebrated Boulevard du Crime. Biography Lemaître, the son of an architect, was ...

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 ...

and Laloue, 1826 * ''Le Protecteur'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis and Théaulon, 1826 * ''Les Trous à la lune, ou Apollon en faillite'', à-propos-folie in 1 act, with Francis and Théaulon, 1826 * ''Le Baron allemand, ou le Blocus de la salle à manger'', with Gabriel de Lurieu, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1826 * ''Le Centenaire, ou la Famille des Gaillards'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis and Théaulon, 1826 * ''Les Jolis Soldats'', tableau militaire, civil and vaudeville, imitated from Charlet, with Francis, 1826 * ''Le Médecin des théâtres, ou les Ordonnances'', tableau épisodique in 1 act, with Théaulon and Francis, 1826 * ''M. François, ou Chacun sa manie'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Francis, 1826 * ''Figaro ou le Jour de noces'', play in 3 acts, after Beaumarchais, with

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 ...

, 1827 * ''La Halle au blé ou l'Amour et la Morale'', with Francis and Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent, 1827 * ''L'Homme de Paille'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Achille d'Artois and Francis, 1827 * ''Paris et Londres'', comedy imitated from English, in 4 tableaux, 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 ...

, 1827 * ''Le Futur de la grand'maman'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Achille d'Artois and Édouard Monnais, 1827 * ''Clara Wendel'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Francis and Théaulon, 1827 * ''La Nuit d'un joueur, ou le Petit Béverley'', with de Lurieu and Joseph Aude, 1827 * ''La Villageoise somnambule, ou les Deux Fiancés'', comédie en vaudevilles en 3 acts, with Dupin, 1827 * ''Les Deux Matelots, ou le Père malgré lui'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis, 1827 * ''Cartouche et Mandrin'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Henri Dupin, 1827 * ''Mon ami Pierre'', with de Leuven and

Auguste Pittaud de Forges Auguste Pittaud de Forges (5 April 1803 (15 germinal an XI) – 28 September 1881) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography His full name was Philippe-Auguste-Alfred Pittaud. He began his literary career under the pseudonyms Deforges, ...

, 1827 * ''Le Bon Père'', comedy in 1 act, by Florian, arranged in vaudeville, with Achille d'Artois and

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 * ''Les Forgerons'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Achille d'Artois and Francis, 1827 * ''Les Trois Faubourgs, ou le Samedi, le Dimanche et le Lundi'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Francis and Théaulon, 1827 * ''Le Bourgeois de Paris, ou la Partie de plaisir'', play in 3 acts and 5 tableaux, with Henri Dupin and Antoine-François Varner, 1828 * ''Le Caporal et le Paysan'', with Alphonse Signol, 1828 * ''Le Portefeuille'', with de Lurieu and de Forges, 1828 * ''Jean Pacot, ou Cinq ans d'un conscrit'', comédie en vaudevilles in 5 acts, with Francis, 1828 * ''Le Château de M. le baron'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with

Charles de Livry Charles Sanguin, marquis de Livry (Paris 1802 – Enghien 14 October 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright. After he made a career in the military, he became famous in the theatre. His plays, often signed Charles, were presented on the most ...

, 1828 * ''Le Brigand napolitain'', 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 ...

and de Forges, 1829 * ''Le Dernier Jour d'un condamné, époque de la vie d'un romantique'', in 1 tableau, with a

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in verse, with

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

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 ...

and Mathieu Barthélemy Thouin, 1829 * ''La Veille et le Lendemain ou Il faut bien aimer son mari'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Achille d'Artois and Francis, 1829 * ''Les Suites d'un mariage de raison'', with Victor Lhérie, 1829 * ''Les Enragés'', tableau villageois in 1 act, with Brazier, 1829 * ''Les Mémoires contemporains, ou la Maison des fous'', à propos in 1 act mingled with couplets, with de Lurieu and Masson, 1829 * ''La Grisette mariée'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny and Louis-Émile Vanderburch, 1829 * ''Monsieur de la Jobardière ou la Révolution impromptue'', comedy in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Dupin and Dumersan, 1830 * ''Tom-Rick, ou le Babouin'', play in 3 acts imitated from English, with Francis Cornu, and Francis, 1832 * ''La Femme du peuple'', drama in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Dumersan, 1835 * ''Roger, ou le Curé de Champaubert'', drama-vaudeville in 2 acts, with

Julien de Mallian Julien de Mallian (12 Novembre 1805 – March 1851) was a 19th-century French playwright. He briefly studied law before turning to dramatic composition. His plays often signed only with his first name, were presented on the greatest Parisian sta ...

, 1835 * ''La Laitière et les Deux Chasseurs, ou l'Ours, le ballon, la grenouille et le pot au lait'', imitated from Duni and Anseaume, with Félix-Auguste Duvert, Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne de Vauroussel and X.-B. Saintine, 1837 * ''Nanon, Ninon et Maintenon ou les Trois Boudoirs'', comedy in 3 acts, with Théaulon and Jean-Pierre Lesguillon, 1839 * ''Je m'en moque comme de l'an 40'', review in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1839 * ''Valentine'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Achille d'Artois, 1839 * ''Vingt-six ans'', comedy in 2 acts and in prose, with Achille d'Artois, 1839 * ''Deux Systèmes'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts mingled with couplets, 1840 * ''Le Dompteur de bêtes féroces'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon, 1840 * ''Un jeune caissier'', drama in 3 acts and in prose, awith Théaulon, 1840 * ''Une veuve de la grande armée'', play in 4 acts, mingled with couplets, with Théaulon and Clairville, 1841 * ''Mme Gibou et Mme Pochet, ou le Thé chez la ravaudeuse'', pièce grivoise in 3 acts, with Dumersan, 1841 * ''Le Flagrant Délit'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 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 ...

, 1841 * ''Le Héros du marquis de quinze sous'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with de Biéville, 1843 * ''Une Idée de médecin'', comedy in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Achille d'Artois, 1844 * ''Les Mystères de Passy'', parody-vaudeville in 11 tableaux, 5 acts, with prologue and

epilogue An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος ''epílogos'', "conclusion" from ἐπί ''epi'', "in addition" and λόγος ''logos'', "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the ...

, with Rochefort, 1844 * ''La Gardeuse de dindons'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with de Biéville, 1845 * ''Un domestique pour tout faire'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1846 * ''La Fille obéissante'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1846 * ''Un Monsieur qui veut exister'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1849 * ''Les Saisons vivantes'', 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 * ''Une nuit orageuse'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Jules Adenis, 1852 * ''Reculer pour mieux sauter'', proverbe-vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1854 He also authored several songs.

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Louis Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1870, (pp. 481)
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* Ferdinand Natanael Staaff, ''La littérature française depuis la formation de la langue jusqu'à nos jours'', 1878, (pp. 1065) * ''Larousse mensuel illustré'', vol.2, 1913, (pp. 683) * Henry Gidel, ''Le Vaudeville'', 1986, (pp. 67) * Olivier Bara, ''Le théâtre de l'opéra-comique sous la restauration'', 2001, (pp. 116) {{DEFAULTSORT:Artois, Armand d' 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists People from Oise 1788 births 1867 deaths 19th-century French male writers French male dramatists and playwrights