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

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Biography

The son of the politician Pierre d'Allarde, he was a journalist in the United-States (1794-1796) where he was responsible for a column devoted to good manners in a newspaper of

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. He graduated from

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and returned to France in 1797 with the French legation. He began a career in theater with ''Arlequin aux Petites Maisons'', a

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which was given at Théâtre des Troubadours . His plays, some of which achieved a great success, signed under many pseudonyms (Francis, M. Sapajou, baron d'Allarde...) were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century including the

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, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and the

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. He is buried at

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(6th division).

Works

* ''Arlequin aux Petites Maisons'', folie in 1 act and on prose, 1798 * ''Les Dieux à Tivoli, ou l'Ascension de l'Olympe'', folie non fastueuse, arlequinade,

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in 1 act and vaudevilles, with

Charles-Guillaume Étienne Charles-Guillaume Étienne (; 5 January 177813 March 1845) was a 19th-century French playwright. Biography He was born in Chamouilley, Haute-Marne. He held various municipal offices under the Revolution and came in 1793 to Paris, where he pr ...

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and Joseph Servières, 1799 * ''La Martingale, ou le Secret de gagner au jeu'', arlequinade-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Joseph Servières, 1801 * ''Lui-même'', one-act

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 ...

, 1802 * ''Caponnet, ou l'Auberge supposée'', one-act vaudeville, with René de Chazet, 1804 * ''C'est ma femme'', one-act vaudeville, with Désaugiers, 1804 * ''Deux pour un'', one-act comedy, with de Chazet, 1804 * ''L'École des Gourmands'', one-act vaudeville, with de Chazet and A.-M. Lafortelle, 1804 * ''L'Hôtel de Lorraine, ou la Mine est trompeuse'', one-act proverbe, mingled with vaudevilles, with de Chazet and Lafortelle, 1804 * ''M. Pistache, ou le Jour de l'an'', folie in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1804 * ''Mylord Go, ou le 18 brumaire'', tableau impromptu in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1804 * ''Oh ! que c'est sciant, ou Oxessian'', with Désaugiers, 1804 * ''L'Un après l'autre, ou les Deux trappes'', one-act comedy, mngled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, 1804 * ''Arlequin Musard, ou J'ai le temps'', one-act vaudeville-parade in prose, with

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 ...

, 1805 * ''Arlequin tyran domestique'', one-act enfantillage, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers and Tournay, 1805 * ''Les Chevilles de Maître Adam, menuisier de Nevers, ou les Poètes artisans'', one-act comedy, with Commagny, 1805 * ''Les Femmes colères'', one-act divertissement, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Emmanuel Dupaty and Commagny, 1805 * ''Boileau à Auteuil'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Commagny, 1806 * ''Faut-il se marier ?'', two-act comedy, mingled with vaudevilles, with Lafortelle, 1806 * ''Gallet, ou le Chansonnier droguiste'', one-act comedy, in prose, 1806 * ''Le Vieux Chasseur'', three-act comedy, with Désaugiers, 1806 * ''Ma tante Urlurette, ou le Chant du coq'', one-act folie-vaudeville, with Désaugiers, 1806 * ''Une matinée du Pont-Neuf'', one-act divertissement-parade, mingled with vaudevilles, with Désaugiers, Michel Dieulafoy and Emmanuel Dupaty, 1806 * ''Mars en Carême, ou l'Olympe au Rocher de Cancale'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Désaugiers, 1806 * ''Les Bateliers du Niémen'', one-act vaudeville, in prose, à l'occasion de la paix, followed by a divertissement, with Désaugiers and Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny, 1807 * ''Une journée chez Bancelin'', one-act comedy, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Commagny, 1807 * ''Le Loup-garou'', comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with

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s, with Maurice Ourry, 1807 * ''Le Panorama de Momus'', prologue d'inauguration, in prose and in vaudevilles, for the new salle at the

, with Désaugiers and Commagny, 1807 * ''M. Giraffe, ou la Mort de l'ours blanc'', one-act vaudeville, 1807 * ''Taconnet chez Ramponneau, ou le Réveillon de la Courtille'', one-act comedy folie, in prose mingled with couplets, with Désaugiers and Commagny, 1807 * ''Comme ça vient et comme ça passe'', one-act comedy, mingled with vaudevilles, 1808 * ''Haine aux hommes'', one-act comedy, 1808 * ''Mincétoff'', parodie de ''Menzikoff'', with Désaugiers, 1808 * ''Jocrisse aux enfers, ou l'Insurrection diabolique'', vaudeville infernal in 1 act and in prose, with Désaugiers, 1809 * ''Le Gâteau des rois'', comédie grivoise et poissarde in 1 act, 1809 * ''Monsieur Brouillon, ou l'Ami de tout le monde'', one-act comedy, in prose, 1813 * ''Les Étourdis en voyage, ou Chacun son tour'', comédie en 1 acte, 1814 * ''L'Homme entre deux âges'', one-act comedy, with Sewrin, 1814 * ''Monsieur Crouton, ou l'Aspirant au Salon'', pièce grivoise in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Lafortelle, 1814 * ''La Féerie des arts, ou le Sultan de Cachemire'', folie-féerie vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois 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 ...

, 1819 * ''Les Visites à Momus'', folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1820 * ''Les Étrennes du vaudeville, ou la Pièce impromptu'', folie-parade in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Désaugiers and

Michel-Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac Michel-Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, full name Adolphe Michel Joseph Gentil de Chavagnac, (Paris, 3 July 1770 – Passy, 27 May 1846) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright. Biography After a career in the army, he became known in th ...

, 1821 * ''Les Joueurs, ou la Hausse et la baisse'', one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Lafortelle, 1821 * ''La Marchande de goujons, ou les Trois Bossus'', vaudeville grivois in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois, 1821 * ''Le Ministériel'',

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, 1821 * ''La Nina de la rue Vivienne'', with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1821 * ''Monsieur Lerond'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with de Lurieu, 1821 * ''Les Moissonneurs de la Beauce, ou le Soldat laboureur'', comédie villageoise in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 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

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 ...

, 1821 * ''Les Cris de Paris'', tableau poissard in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois and

Antoine Simonnin Antoine Simonnin (born Antoine-Jean-Baptiste Simonnin; Paris, 11 January 1780 – Paris, 14 May 1856) was a French writer and dramatist. Simonnin wrote, alone or in collaboration, more than 200 comédies en vaudeville, parodies or fantaisies. ...

, 1822 * ''La Fille mal gardée, ou La coupe des foins'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Brazier and Dumersan, 1822 * ''Oreste et Pilade'', renewed parody of Favart, à propos ''Clytemnestre'', with Armand d'Artois, 1822 * ''Les Petits acteurs, ou les Merveilles à la mode'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Dumersan and Brazier, 1822 * ''Les Amours de village'', one-act vaudeville, with Achille d'Artois, 1823 * ''L'Enfant de Paris, ou le Débit de consolations'', with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1823 * ''Polichinelle aux eaux d'Enghien'', one-act tableau-vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois and Saintine, 1823 * ''Le Polichinelle sans le savoir'', comédie-parade mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois and Jouslin de La Salle, 1823 * ''Le Fabricant, ou la Filature'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Brazier, 1823 * ''Guillaume, Gautier et Garguille, ou le Cœur et la pensée'', with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1823 * ''Partie et revanche'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Brazier and

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, 1823 * ''La Petite Babet, ou les Deux gouvernantes'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois, 1823 * ''La Route de Poissy'', one-actvaudeville, with Armand d'Artois, 1823 * ''Chansons'', 1824 * ''Les deux boxeurs ou les Anglais de Falaise et de Nanterre'', folie parade in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Désaugiers and Simonnin, 1824 * ''La Famille du porteur d'eau'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois, 1824 * ''Les Personnalités, ou le Bureau des cannes'', one-act vaudeville épisodique, with de Lurieu and Armand d'Artois, 1824 * ''L'École des ganaches'', with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1824 * ''Monsieur Antoine, ou le N̊ 2782'', one-act vaudeville, with Saintine, 1824 * ''Thibaut et Justine, ou le Contrat sur le grand chemin'', one-act comédie-anecdotique, mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1824 * ''Les Ouvriers, ou Les bons enfans'', one-act comédie grivoise, mingled with couplets, with Dumersan and Brazier, 1824 * ''Le Magasin de masques'', one-act folie de carnaval, with Brazier and Jouslin de La Salle, 1824 * ''L'imprimeur sans caractère, ou Le classique et le romantique'', with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1824 * ''Les Quinze, ou les Déménagements'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with

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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 ...

, 1824 * ''Les Deux Jockos'', one-act singerie, mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois and

, 1825 * ''Le Champenois, ou les Mystifications'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Achille and Armand d'Artois, 1825 * ''Les Acteurs à l'auberge'', one-act comedy, mingle 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 ...

, 1825 * ''Le Commissaire du bal, ou l'Ancienne et la nouvelle mode'', comédie-anecdote mingled with vaudevilles, in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois, 1825 * ''La Grand'Maman, ou le Lendemain de noces'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Achille and Armand d'Artois, 1825 * ''Les Lorrains'', with Armand d'Artois and de Lurieu, 1825 * ''La Vogue'', vaudeville

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, with

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and Jouslin de La Salle, 1825 * ''Les Inconvéniens de la diligence, ou Monsieur Bonnaventure'', 6 tableaux-vaudeville dans le même cadre, with Armand d'Artois and Théaulon, 1826 * ''Le Candidat, ou l'Athénée de Beaune'', fice-act comédie-vaudeville, 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 ...

, 1826 * ''Le Capitaliste malgré lui'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with

Armand d'Artois Armand d'Artois (3 October 1788 – 28 March 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque ...

and X.-B. Saintine, 1826 * ''Le Centenaire, ou la Famille des Gaillards'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois, 1826 * ''Les Jolis Soldats'', tableau militaire, civil et vaudeville, imitated from Charlet, with Armand d'Artois, 1826 * ''Le Médecin des théâtres, ou les Ordonnances'', one-act tableau épisodique, with Armand d'Artois and Théaulon, 1826 * ''M. François, ou Chacun sa manie'', one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois, 1826 * ''La Salle des pas perdus'', tableau in 1 act and in vaudeville, with Langlé and de Courcy, 1826 * ''Les Trous à la lune, ou Apollon en faillite'', one-act à-propos-folie, with Théaulon and Armand d'Artois, 1826 * ''Le Protecteur'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois and Théaulon, 1826 * ''Clara Wendel, ou la Demoiselle brigand'', two-act comédie-vaudeville, with Théaulon, 1827 * ''Les Deux Matelots, ou le Père malgré lui'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois, 1827 * ''Les Forgerons'', two-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand and Achille d'Artois, 1827 * ''La Halle au blé, ou l'Amour et la morale'', with Armand d'Artois and Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent, 1827 * ''L'Homme de Paille'', one-act comedy, mingled with vaudeville, with Achille and Armand d'Artois, 1827 * ''Les Trois faubourgs, ou le Samedi, le dimanche et le lundi'', three-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois, 1827 * ''Les Employés'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with

, 1828 * ''Jean Pacot, ou Cinq Ans d'un conscrit'', five-act vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois, 1828 * ''La Veille et le lendemain, ou Il faut bien aimer son mari'', two-act comédie-vaudeville, with Armand and Achille d'Artois, 1828 * ''Une nuit au Palais-Royal, ou la garde nationale en 1830'', one-act tableau vaudeville, with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, 1830 * ''Robespierre ou le 9 thermidor'', drama in 3 acts and 9 tableaux, with Bourgeois, 1830 * ''Le Boa, ou le Bossu à la mode'', one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Achille d'Artois and

Francis Cornu Francis Cornu (4 October 1794 – 7 March 1848) was a French playwright. Biography After he made excellent studies in Paris, he lost his father and at the young age of 17, had to work for a living. He entered as an employee at the prefecture ...

, 1831 * ''Tom-Rick, ou le Babouin'', three-act play imitated from English, with Armand d'Artois and Cornu, 1832 * ''Les Enragés'', one-act tableau villageois, with Brazier and Armand d'Artois, 1835 * ''Les Épouseux d'campagne'', one-act vaudeville, 1857

Bibliography

* François-Xavier Feller, ''Biographie universelle'', 1847, (p. 148) * Louis Gabriel Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', 1859, (p. 265)
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* Paul Meunier, ''Francis d'Allarde'', in ''Bulletin de la société nivernaise des lettres'', t.19, 1901, (p. 58-65) * Charles Weiss, ''Journal'', vol. 2, 1981, (p. 348) * Ginette Picat-Guinoiseau, ''Nodier et le théâtre'', 1990, (p. 16) {{DEFAULTSORT:Allarde, Francis 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights French opera librettists French chansonniers 1778 births Writers from Besançon 1841 deaths Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery