Louis Jean Péricaud (10 June 1835,

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle'') is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department. Wi ...

– 12 November 1909, Paris) was a 19th-century French stage actor,

chansonnier A chansonnier (, , Galician and , or ''canzoniéro'', ) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of songs, hence literally " song-books"; however, some manuscripts are call ...

, playwright, theatre historian and

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. He was the father of actress

Berthe Jalabert Berthe Jalabert (Rennes, 31 October 1858 – after 1935) was a French stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the actor, theatre director, and playwright Louis Péricaud (1835-1909). Filmography * 1914: '' L'Étau'', by and with Mauri ...

(1858–c.1935) and the uncle of actor

Gustave Hamilton Gustave Honoré Hamilton (27 March 1871, in Brussels – 5 January 1951, in Villefranche-sur-Mer) was a 20th-century Belgian film actor. He was the nephew of actor, theatre director and playwright Louis Péricaud and the uncle of actor Jacques S ...

(1871–1951).

Works

;Selected plays: *1864: ''Le Diable au Havre'', grande revue-féerie in 4 acts and 5 tableaux, with Richard Lesclide, Théâtre du Havre, 13 January *1873: ''À cache-cache'' comedy in one act in verse and in prose, with Carle Le Dhuy,

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, 25 July *1876: ''Les Trois grâces'', pochade musicale, with Lucien Delormel and Gaston Villemer, Alcazar d'Été *1877: ''La Jeunesse de Béranger'', one-act operetta, music by Firmin Bernicat, L'Eldorado, 20 January *1878: ''Une aventure de Clairon'', one-act operetta, with Gaston Villemer, L'Eldorado, 23 November *1881: ''Les Chevau-Légers'', one-act operetta, with Lucien Delormel, music by

Robert Planquette Jean Robert Planquette (; 31 July 1848 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of songs and operettas. Several of Planquette's operettas were extraordinarily successful in Britain, especially ''Les cloches de Corneville'' (1878), the length o ...

, L'Eldorado, 15 December *1885: ''Les Français au Tonkin'', military play in 5 acts and 10 tableaux, including one prologue, with Gaston Marot and Henri Noellet, Paris, Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 9 February *1886: ''Le Père Chasselas'', drama in 5 acts, with Jean Athis, music by George Rose Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 19 November *1887: ''Les Grenadiers de Mont-Cornette'',

opéra bouffe ''Opéra bouffe'' (, plural: ''opéras bouffes'') is a genre of mid- to late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, inspiring the genre's name. It ...

in 3 acts, with Lucien Delormel, music by

Charles Lecocq Alexandre Charles Lecocq (; 3 June 183224 October 1918) was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéra comique, opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere, and enjoyed considerable su ...

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, 4 January *1887: ''Polichinelle'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, extractc from the Mansardes de Paris by Pierre Zaccone, with Ernest Vois, Bordeaux, Bouffes-Bordelais, 9 June *1889: ''Jack l'éventreur'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, with Gaston Marot, Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 30 August *1891: ''Madame la maréchale'', play in 3 acts, with Alphonse Lemonnier, Théâtre de l'Ambigu, 8 June *1893: ''La Mère la Victoire'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, with Gaston Marot, Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 10 March *1894: ''La Belle limonadière'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with Émile Blondet, Théâtre de l'Ambigu, 20 July *1895: ''La Belle Grêlée'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, from the novel by Alexis Bouvier, with Stéphen Lemonnier, Théâtre de la République, 10 December *1897: ''L'Hercule Farnèse'', one-act comedy,

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, 2 September *1898: ''La Fille aux écus'', drama in 5 acts, Théâtre de la République, 20 August *1898: ''La Turlutaine de Marjolin'', comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, with Maurice Soulié and Charles Darantière,

Théâtre Déjazet The Théâtre Déjazet () is a theatre on the boulevard du Temple (popularly known as the 'Boulevard du Crime, boulevard du crime') in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, 3rd arrondissement of Paris, France. It was founded in 1770 by Charles X of Fr ...

, 30 November *1903: ''L'Hameçon'', comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, with Charles Darantière and Louis Bouvet, Théâtre-Trianon, 17 February *1906: ''L'Hôtellerie sanglante'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, from the novel by Paul Mahalin, Théâtre Montparnasse, 20 January *1906: ''La Mioche dorée'', drama in 5 acts, with Alphonse Lemonnier, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 14 June *1909! ''Pierre de lune'', play in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, after

Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for ''The Woman in White (novel), The Woman in White'' (1860), a mystery novel and early sensation novel, and for ''The Moonsto ...

, with

Henri Desfontaines Henri Desfontaines (12 November 1876, Paris – 7 January 1931, Paris) was a French film director, actor, and scriptwriter. Filmography As director * 1908 : ''Hamlet'' * 1909 : '' Le Puits et le pendule'' * 1910 : '' Un invité gênant' ...

Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin The Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin () is a venerable theatre and opera house at 18, Boulevard Saint-Martin in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. History It was first built very rapidly in 1781 under the direction of (1726–1810) to hou ...

, 15 June ;History of theatre *1863: ''Voyage à travers le théâtre'' *1897: ''Le Théâtre des Funambules, ses mimes, ses acteurs et ses pantomimes, depuis sa fondation jusqu'à sa démolition'' Text online
/small> *1908: ''Histoire de l'histoire des grands et des petits théâtres de Paris pendant la Révolution, le Consulat et l'Empire : Théâtre de Monsieur'' *1909: ''Histoire de l'histoire des grands et des petits théâtres de Paris pendant la Révolution, le Consulat et l'Empire : Théâtre des Petits comédiens de S. A. S. Mgr le Cte de Beaujolais'' Text online
/small> *1922: ''Le Panthéon des comédiens, de Molière à Coquelin aîné'', preface by Coquelin aîné Text online
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Some performances

;As director *1889: Xavier de Montépin and Jules Dornay: ''La Porteuse de pain'', Théâtre de l'Ambigu, 11 January *1896:

Eugène Brieux Eugène Brieux (; 19 January 18586 December 1932) was a French dramatist. Biography Brieux grew up as the son of a carpenter in modest circumstances in the Temple District of Paris (3rd Arrondissement). His schooling was limited to attending th ...

, ''Les Bienfaiteurs'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 22 October *1900: Edmond Haraucourt : ''Jean Bart'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 5 April *1901: Émile Bergerat : ''La Pompadour'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 13 November *1902: Auguste Maquet : ''La Maison du baigneur'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 6 October *1905:

Octave Feuillet Octave Feuillet (11 July 1821 – 29 December 1890) was a French novelist and dramatist. His work stands midway between the romanticists and the realists. He is renowned for his "distinguished and lucid portraiture of life", depictions of fe ...

: ''Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre'', Théâtre de la Gaîté, 12 September *1907:

Jean Aicard Jean François Victor Aicard (4 February 1848 – 13 May 1921) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist. Biography He was born in Toulon. His father, Jean Aicard, was a journalist of some distinction, and the son began his career in 1867 w ...

: ''Le Manteau du Roi'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 22 October ;Comedian * 1881: Gaston Marot: ''Casse-Museau'', Théâtre du Château-d'Eau, 13 December, as Casse-Museau * 1890: ''L'Ogre'' by Jules de Marthold,

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* 1893: ''Napoléon'' by Léopold Martin-Laya, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 5 December as Talleyrand. * 1895: ''Le Collier de la reine'' by

Pierre Decourcelle Pierre Adrien Decourcelle (Paris, 25 January 1856 – Ibid., 10 October 1926) was a French writer and playwright. Life Pierre Adrien Decourcelle was born in Paris on 25 January 1856. His father, Adrien Decourcelle, and his uncle, Adolphe d'Enn ...

, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin * 1896: ''

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'' by Henri Caïn, Eugène Adenis and Édouard Adenis, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin * 1897:

Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with th ...

: ''

Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th ce ...

'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 28 December. as Montfleury and a cadet de Gascogne. * 1902:

Paul Anthelme Bourde Paul Anthelme Bourde (23 May 1851 – 27 October 1914) was a French journalist, author and colonial administrator. Self-taught, he became a respected contributor to ''Le Temps'', writing on a broad range of subjects. He was hostile to the poets a ...

, ''Nos deux consciences'', Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 15 November, as Lancelin. * 1905: ''Scarron'' de

Catulle Mendès Catulle Mendès (; 22 May 1841 – 8 February 1909) was a French poet and man of letters. Early life and career Of Portuguese Jewish extraction, Mendès was born in Bordeaux. After childhood and adolescence in Toulouse, he arrived in Paris in 1 ...

, directed by

Jean Coquelin Jean Coquelin (1865–1944) was a French film actor, film and stage actor and the son of Benoît-Constant Coquelin. Filmography Bibliography * Finkielman, Jorge. ''The Film Industry in Argentina: an Illustrated Cultural History''. McFarland & C ...

and Henry Hertz, music by

Reynaldo Hahn Reynaldo Hahn de Echenagucia (9 August 1874 – 28 January 1947) was a Venezuelan-born French composer, conductor, music critic, and singer. He is best known for his songs – ''mélodies'' – of which he wrote more than 100. Hahn was born ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté, as La Rancune * 1905: ''Les Oberlé'' by Edmond Haraucourt after

René Bazin René François Nicolas Marie Bazin (26 December 1853 – 20 July 1932) was a French novelist. Biography Born at Angers, he studied law in Paris, and on his return to Angers became Professor of Law in the Catholic university. In 1876, Bazin marr ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté, as Philippe Oberlé. * 1906: ''L'Attentat'' by

Alfred Capus Alfred Capus (25 November 18581 November 1922) was a French journalist and playwright, who was born in Aix-en-Provence and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Biography Son of a lawyer from Marseille, Alfred Capus went to university in Toulon. After fai ...

and

Lucien Descaves Lucien Descaves (; 16 March 1861 – 6 September 1949) was a French novelist. Selected works * ''Le Calvaire de Héloïse Pajadou'' (1883) 'Héloïse Pajadou's Calvary.'' Sunny Lou Publishing , 2021 Further reading * * External link ...

, Théâtre de la Gaîté, as Postel.

Sources

* Henry Lyonnet, ''Dictionnaire des comédiens français'', Genève : Bibliothèque de la Revue universelle internationale illustrée, 1902–1908, vol. II,
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