Marie-Joseph-Adolphe-Alexandre Langlois, better known as Aylic Langlé (11 October 1827 – 13 January 1870) was a 19th-century French

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and official.

Biography

The son of the playwright Ferdinand Langlé and of Cécila de Milhau, grandson of the composer Honoré Langlé, the writer Marie-Ange-Ferdinand Langlois (? – 1908) and Charles-Édouard Langlois were his brothers. He married Marie-Euphrasine Benoist (died in 1866), with whom he had a daughter, Marie-Georgina (1860-1930) who would become a writer. He died from a stroke aged 42.

Works

* 1853: ''Murillo ou la Corde de pendu'',

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

in 3 acts and in free verse,

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(18 October) * 1863: ''Un homme de rien'', comédie-vaudeville in 4 acts,

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* 1864: ''La Toile d'araignée'', comedy * 1864: ''La Jeunesse de Mirabeau'',

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in 4 acts, with Raymond Deslandes, Théâtre du Vaudeville (11 November)

Distinctions

* Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (22 June 1863 decree). * Officer of the Légion d'honneur (7 August 1869 decree)Journal Officiel de l'Empire français du 10 août 1869, Partie officielle, page

at Gallica. Aylic Langlé's personal file is not in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Langle, Aylic 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 1827 births Writers from Paris 1870 deaths 19th-century French male writers