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Eugène de Lamerlière, full name Hugues-Marie Humbert Bocon de La Merlière, (5 January 1797 in
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– c. 1841 in
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, Algeria) was a French writer 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 ...
.


Biography

Born into a family of the nobility of the
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of which he was the last representative, he studied law at
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, then joined the army in 1812. From 1814 to 1817 he was part of the military house of
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In 1819, he moved to
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and became a friend of
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 ...
who introduced him into the literary circles. He made his debut in literature in 1821 with a sentimental novel, ''Souvenirs de madame Jenny L.''. The success he obtained with some of his plays performed in Paris allowed him to establish a dramatic performance center in
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(1824). He presented there some fifty plays (drama, comedy and vaudeville), very few of which have been published. In 1832, he founded the literary journal ''Le Papillon'' which he sold a few months later to . In 1836, he bought the newspaper ''Le Commerce'' of which he was editor until 1840. In 1841, he settled in Algeria at
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. No trace of him is found after that date Vial et Mariéton, p.67 (see bibliography)


Works

Some of his plays were given in Lyon and Paris (
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), most of them now completely forgotten. *1822: ''Le Comédien de Paris ou Assaut de travestissements'',
vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...
in 1 act, with
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*1822: ''L'Amateur à la porte, ou la Place du Louvre'', vaudeville in 1 act, with
Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères (11 September 1796, Paris – 19 March 1866, Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright and Libretto, librettist. Biography A son of a French colonist of Saint-Domingue, he studied in Paris then joined the ar ...
*1822: ''Le Matin et le soir, ou la Fiancée et la mariée'',
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in 2 acts, mixed with couplets, with Armand d'Artois and René-André-Polydore Alissan de Chazet *1823: ''Stanislas, ou la Sœur de Christine'', vaudeville 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 ...
*1824: ''Le Monstre'' *1824: ''Le Damné'' *1825: ''L'Actrice chez elle, ou C'est ma femme'',
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 *1827: ''Sainte-Périne, ou l'Asile des vieillards'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon and Armand Joseph Overnay *1828: ''L'Amoureux de sa tante, ou Une heure de jalousie'', vaudeville in 2 acts *1828: ''Le Départ pour la Grèce, ou l'Expédition de la Morée'', à-propos-vaudeville in 1 act *1829: ''Les Martyrs lyonnais, ou la Ligue de 1829'', à-propos in verses *1830: ''Napoléon, ou la Vie d'un grand homme'', contemporary drama in 3 acts and in 10 tableaux *1830: ''Laurette, ou 3 mois à Paris'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts and in 3 periods, with
Charles-Joseph Chambet Charles-Joseph Chambet (6 September 1792 – 16 November 1867 Hubert Jacquet« Chambet (Charles-Joseph) » ''Revue du Lyonnais'', 1880, p.283) was a French bookseller, essayist, Bibliophilia, bibliophile and playwright. A bookseller in Lyon, his ...
*1830: ''Le Drapeau tricolore, ou Trois journées de 1830'', à propos patriotique in 3 tableaux, mixed with couples and extravaganza *1830: ''La Lyonnaise'', song *1831: ''L'Ile de Scio, ou la Délivrance de la Grèce'',
ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
héroïque in 3 acts *1835: ''Poleska, sœur de Christine'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon *1837: ''Sous Constantine'', à-propos-vaudeville in 1 act, mixed with couplets, with Joachim Duflot *1837: ''Les Giboulées de mars'', April Fools' Day in 11 pieces *1840: ''Mazagran, ou les 123'', military à-propos in three parts, with Duflot *1840: ''Lyon en 1840'', an account of the floods that harmed this city and the Rhône department *1856: ''Le Sourd, ou l'Auberge pleine'', comedy in 1 act, with Desgroseillez,
Pierre Jean Baptiste Choudard Desforges Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Choudard, known under the pen name of Desforges, (15 September 1746 – 13 August 1806) was a French actor, dramatist, librettist and man of letters. Biography Choudard was born in Paris, the natural son of Dr. Antoine Pet ...
and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson * ''Adieux à Paris et autres opuscules''


Bibliography

* Adolphe Rochas, ''Biographie du Dauphiné'', 1860, p. 23 * Edmond Maignien, ''Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes et pseudonymes du Dauphiné'', 1892 * Albert Albertin, André Albertin, ''Histoire contemporaine de Grenoble et de la région dauphinoise'', 1900, p. 508 * Eugène Vial, Paul Mariéton, ''Marceline Desbordes-Valmore et ses amis lyonnais'', 1923, p. 67 * Sylvie Vielledent, ''1830 aux théâtres'', 2009, p. 121


References

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