Jacques-Philippe d’Orneval called Dorneval was an 18th-century French playwright, born in Paris at an unknown date and died in 1766. We know nothing about his origins and life. He wrote more than 80 theatre plays for the theatres de la foire, alone or in collaboration with

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, Louis Fuzelier,

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Works

*''Arlequin traitant'', three-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 ...

, in prose and vaudevilles (22 March 1716, Foire Saint-Germain) *''Les Amours de Nanterre'', opéra comique in one act in collaboration with Autreau and Lesage (1718, Foire Saint-Laurent) *''L'Ile des Amazones'',

one-act play A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular subgenre of the one-act play, especially in writi ...

in collaboration with Lesage (1718, Foire Saint-Laurent). Banned by the Opéra-Comique. *''Le Monde renversé'', one-act play in collaboration with Lesage (1718, Foire Saint-Laurent) *''La Forêt de Dodone'', one-act play in collaboration with Fuzelier and Lesage (1721, Foire Saint-Germain) *''Le Rémouleur d'amour'', one-act play in collaboration with Fuzelier and Lesage (5 février 1722, Théâtre des Marionnettes de Laplace à la Foire Saint-Germain) *''La Grand-mère amoureuse'', three-act play in collaboration with Fuzelier, music by Gillier (18 February 1726, Foire Saint-Germain). Parody of '' Atys'' by Quinault and Lully. *''Les Comédiens corsaires'', prologue in collaboration with Fuzelier and Lesage (20 September 1726, Foire Saint-Laurent) *''Les Amours déguisés'', one-act play in collaboration with Lesage (20 September 1726, Foire Saint-Laurent) *''Achmet et Almanzine'', three-act play in collaboration with Lesage and Fuzelier, music by Gillier (30 June 1728, Foire Saint-Laurent) *''L'Opéra-Comique assiégé'', in collaboration with Lesage (26 March 1730, Foire Saint-Germain)
:« ''Lesage et Dorneval ont quitté du haut style'' :''La beauté ;'' :''Et pour Polichinelle ont abandonné Gilles'' :''La rareté !'' :''Il ne leur reste plus qu'à montrer par la ville'' :''La curiosité.'' » :(Fuzelier mentioned by Pierre Laujon, ''Œuvres choisies'', 1811)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Orneval, Jacques-Philippe Writers from Paris Year of birth missing 1766 deaths 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 18th-century French male writers French male dramatists and playwrights