Léon Beauvallet, full name Pierre-Léon-Charles Beauvallet, (22 August 1828
Archives reconstituées de la Ville de Paris, fiche 75/101 actor
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Readin ... novelist
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() is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ... Pierre-François Beauvallet 's son and Frantz Beauvallet's father, both dramatists.
Works
Theatre
*''Le Roi de Rome'', drama in 5 acts and 10 tableaux , with Charles Desnoyer , Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
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He belonged to a family of map engravers which had long been connected with the war department, and spent nine years in that service himself. The success o ... Adrien Decourcelle , 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 ... Henry de Kock , Théâtre Beaumarchais , 9 September 1854
*''La Mariée est trop belle'', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Henry de Kock, Théâtre du Palais-Royal
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Brief history
O ... Amédée de Jallais
Amédée de Jallais (17 December 1826 – 31 January 1909) was a 19th-century French playwright, operetta librettist and chansonnier.
Biography
The son of a lieutenant colonel in the guards, he studied at the College Bourbon then entered in th ... Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens
The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens () is a Parisian theatre founded in 1855 by the composer
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*''Je ne mange pas de ce pain-là '', comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Marcel Nouvière, Palais-Royal, 4 September 1857
*''La Filleule du chansonnier'', drama in 3 acts mingled with song, with Saint-Agnan Choler after the songs by Pierre-Jean de Béranger
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*''Le Crime de Faverne'', drama in 5 acts and 7 tableaux, with Théodore Barrière, Ambigu-Comique, 6 February 1868
*''Le Sacrilège'', drama in 5 acts, eight tableaux, with Théodore Barrière, Ambigu-Comique, 23 Octobre 1868
*''Les Quatre Henri, ou la Destinée'', historical drama in 6 acts, Ambigu-Comique, 5 June 1869
*''Bruxelles qui rit'', revue-féerie
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Productions (selection)
* 1869 : '' Le Juif Polonais'', op ... Paul de Kock , Ambigu-Comique, 17 May 1874
*''Les Femmes de Paul de Kock'', pièce fantastique in 5 acts and 9 tableaux by Léon and Frantz Beauvallet, 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 ... Alexis Bouvier , Théâtre des Arts , 26 January 1875
*''La Mère Gigogne'', play in 5 acts and 10 tableaux mingled with song, with Victor Koning
Victor Koning (4 April 1842 – 1 October 1894) was a French playwright and librettist.
Biography
He authored theatre plays, mostly comedies and comédie en vaudeville and successful operettas libretti including ''La Fille de madame Angot' ... Théâtre du Château-d'Eau , 5 February 1875
*''Le Papillon du Marais'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with song by Léon and Frantz Beauvallet, Athénée-Comique , 1 October 1876
*''La Vicomtesse Alice'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with Albéric Second
Pierre Albéric Second, (17 June 1817 - 2 June 1887 Théâtre des Nations , 28 September 1882
Texts
;Novels
*1864:''Les Drames de Montfaucon''
*1870: ''Les Pendus de Montfaucon : Les Mystères de la rue des Marmousets''
*1871: ''Les Pendus de Montfaucon : Les Secrets du capitaine Buridan''
*1872: ''Les Nuits royales'', suite des ''Secrets du capitaine Buridan''
*1879: Suce-canelle, ou les Trois Faubouriennes Gallica
*1881: Le Crime de la place Saint-Jacques Gallica
*1888: ''Milord l'Arsouille''
*1893: ''Mlle d'Artagnan'', with Frantz Beauvallet
;Other
*1856: Rachel et le Nouveau-Monde, promenade aux États-Unis et aux Antilles Gallica
*1861: ''Les Femmes de Murger'', with Louis Lemercier de Neuville
*1862: ''Les Femmes de Victor Hugo'', with Charles Valette
References
Bibliography
* Pierre Larousse
Pierre Athanase Larousse (; 23 October 18173 January 1875) was a French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist. He published many of the outstanding educational and reference works of 19th-century France, including the 15-volume .
Early ... Léon Beauvallet Gallica
External links
Léon Beauvallet Data.bnf.fr
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19th-century French novelists
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
Writers from Paris
1828 births
1885 deaths
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