Edmond de Biéville, full name Charles-Henri-Étienne-Edmond Desnoyers de Biéville, (30 May 1814 – 1 January 1880 ) was a French journalist and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between Character (arts), characters and is intended for Theatre, theatrical performance rather than just
Readin ...
.
The poet
Fernand Desnoyers (1826-1869) was his brother.
A student at the
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
The École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (, , abbr. ESM) is a French military academy, and is often referred to as Saint-Cyr (). It is located in Coëtquidan in Guer, Morbihan, Brittany. Its motto is ''Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre'', litera ...
in 1832, he made his debut in the vaudeville under the
pseudonyme Edmond de Biéville.
[Created from the name of his mother ''née'' Anne-Raison Leduc de Biéville. Although Edmond Biéville, unlike his brothers, had transmitted to his descendants the surname ''Desnoyers de Biéville'', there is no official record of changing his birth name ''Desnoyers''.]
He was responsible for writing the theatrical reports for the newspaper ''
Le Siècle
("''The Age''") was a daily newspaper that was published from 1836 to 1932 in France.
History
In 1836, was founded as a paper that supported constitutional monarchism. However, when the July Monarchy came to an end in 1848, the paper soon ch ...
'' from 1856 until his death.
Works
Theatre
* 1836: ''L'Homéopathie'',
comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act by Biéville and
Narcisse Fournier,
Gymnase-Dramatique (13 October)
* 1837: ''Sans nom ! ou Drames et Romans'', mystère-folie-vaudeville in 1 act by Biéville and
Théaulon, Gymnase-Dramatique (22 July)
* 1837: ''De l'or ! ou le Rêve d'un savant'', comédy in 1 act mixed with distincts by Biéville and
Bayard, Gymnase-Dramatique (11 November)
* 1839: ''Geneviève la blonde'',
comédie en vaudevilles in two acts by Biéville and Bayard,
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 ...
(22 May)
* 1840: ''Les Enfants de troupe'',
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 2 acts mixed with songs, by Biéville and Bayard,
Gymnase-dramatique (16 January)
* 1842: ''Talma en congé'', vaudeville in 1 act by Biéville and Charles Redier, Gymnase-Dramatique (31 July)
* 1844: ''Au bord de l'abîme, ou Un roman à la mode'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act by Biéville and Fournier, Gymnase-Dramatique (15 November)
* 1845: ''La Contrebasse'', vaudeville in 1 act by Biéville,
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 ...
(1 July)
* 1845: ''Les Couleurs de Marguerite'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts by Biéville and Bayard, Gymnase-Dramatique (4 October)
* 1847: ''La Sirène du Luxembourg, ou l'Amour et la Police'', comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts by Biéville and ***, Variétés (30 July)
* 1848: ''La Femme blasée'', comédie en vaudevilles by Biéville and Fournier, Gymnase-Dramatique (8 March)
* 1848: ''Éric ou le Fantôme'', drama in 3 acts by Biéville and Fournier,
Théâtre de la Gaité (23 May)
* 1849: ''L'Année prochaine, ou Qui vivra verra'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act by Biéville and Bayard, Gymnase-Dramatique (28 December)
* 1852: ''Los dansores espagnolas'', ''jocosa toquadillas'' in 1 act by Biéville and Bayard, Palais-Royal (3 February)
* 1852: ''Une poule mouillée'', vaudeville in 1 act by Biéville and Bayard, Palais-Royal (9 November)
* 1852: ''Le Fils de famille'',
comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts by Biéville and Bayard, Gymnase-Dramatique (25 November)
* 1856: ''Les Fanfarons du vice'', comedy in 3 acts by Biéville and
Dumanoir, Gymnase-Dramatique (6 June)
References
Bibliography
*
Louis Gustave Vapereau,
Charles-Henri-Étienne-Edmond Desnoyers de Biéville, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1880 (5e éd.), p. 217, at
Gallica
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École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr alumni
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
19th-century French journalists
French male journalists
Writers from Paris
1814 births
1880 deaths
19th-century French male writers