Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé (1 September 1799, in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

– 3 July 1865, in Paris) was a 19th-century French

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. A secretary at the

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, his

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were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the

Théâtre du Panthéon The Théâtre du Panthéon () was a theatre building in Paris, at 96 (now 46) rue Saint-Jacques (Paris), rue Saint-Jacques (5th arrondissement of Paris, 5th arrondissement). It opened in 1832 and closed in 1844. It was named after the nearby Panth ...

and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

Œuvres

*1822: ''L'Inconnu, ou les Mystères'',

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in 3 acts, with Morisot *1832: ''Les 20.000 francs'', drama in 1 act mingled with songs, with

Charles Potier Charles Joseph Édouard Potier, called Charles (Bordeaux, 1806 – Asnières-sur-Seine, 28 April 1870) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright. A son of Charles-Gabriel Potier, Charles was an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), ...

*1833: ''La Fille du bourreau'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Potier *1834: ''Trois ans après, ou la Sommation respectueuse'', drama in 4 acts, with

Théodore Nézel Théodore Nézel (25 February 1799 – 23 May 1854) was a 19th-century French playwright and Libretto, librettist. An employee at the ministry of public instruction, he was appointed managing director of the Théâtre du Panthéon in 1838. His ...

*1835: ''Le bon ange, ou Chacun ses torts'', drame-vaudeville in 1 act, with

Eugène Cormon Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career. Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 1 ...

*1835: ''Le Facteur, ou la Justice des hommes'', drama in 5 acts, with Charles Desnoyer and Potier *1835: ''La Tache de sang'', drama in 3 acts *1836: ''Fanchette, ou l'Amour d'une femme'', drame-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Potier *1836: ''Parce que, ou la Suite de ''Pourquoi ?'' '', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Potier *1836: ''Le Passé, ou A tout péché miséricorde'', comédie-vaudeville en 1 act, with Cormon *1836: ''Le Prévôt de Paris (1369)'', drama in 3 acts, with Cormon *1837: ''L'honneur de ma mère'', drama in 3 acts, with Rimbaut *1837: ''Rita l'espagnole'', drama in 4 acts, with Chabot de Bouin, Desnoyer and

Eugène Sue Marie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (; 26 January 18043 August 1857) was a French novelist. He was one of several authors who popularized the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular and widely imitated '' The Mysteries of Paris'', whi ...

*1837: ''Le Domino bleu'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Félix Dutertre de Véteuil *1837: ''Rose Ménard, ou Trop bonne mère'', drama in 3 acts *1838: ''Adriane Ritter'', drama in 5 acts, 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 ...

*1839: ''Corneille et Richelieu'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Rimbaut *1839: ''Giuseppo'', drama in 5 acts, with Chabot de Bouin *1839: ''Paul Darbois'', drama in 3 acts *1840: ''Denise, ou l'Avis du ciel'', drama in 5 acts, with Rimbaut *1840: ''Paula'', drama in 5 acts, with Chabot de Bouin *1841: ''Le Bourreau des crânes'', vaudeville in 2 acts *1841: ''Paul et Virginie'', drama in 5 acts and 6 tableaux, with Cormon *1842: ''Émery le négociant'', drama in 3 acts, with Hippolyte Rimbaut *1843: ''Les Naufrageurs de Kérougal'', drama in 4 acts,

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, with Chabot de Bouin and Saint-Yves *1844: ''Jeanne'', drama in 6 parts and 2 periods, with Chabot de Bouin and Saint-Ernest *1845: ''Les Enfants du facteur'', drama in 3 acts *1845: ''Les Ruines de Vaudémont'', drama in 4 acts, with Aristide Letorzec *1845: ''Stephen ou le fils du prescrit'', drama in 4 acts, with

Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois Auguste Anicet, later Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois (25 December 1806 – 12 January 1871) was a French dramatist. He was born in Paris. The first play to bear his name is ''L'Ami et le mari, ou le Nouvel Amphitryon'', a vaudeville piece in one a ...

*1846: ''Les Trompettes de Chamboran'', vaudeville in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with Théodore de Lustières *1848: ''Les Œuvres du démon'', melodrama in 5 acts, with Jules Brésil

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