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Achille d'Artois

1791 – 1868

French writer

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Lived 1791 – 1868 (aged 77). Achille d'Artois was a French librettist, playwright, dramatist and libretto.

Louis Charles Achille d'Artois de Bournonville (17 March 1791 – 2 December 1868) was a French writer, librettist and dramatist. His plays were performed on many Parisian stages during his lifetime, including Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Opéra-Comique, Odéon, and Théâtre de la Renaissance.

Works

Les maris ont tort, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1813 Pauché ou la curiosité des femmes, comédie anachréontique, in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1814 Le Roi et la Ligue, opéra comique in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1815 Turenne, ou Un trait de modestie, with F. de Bury, 1815 Les visites, tableau vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois and Théaulon, 1815 La Rosière de Hartwell, comedie en vaudevilles on one act, with Armand d'Artois, 1816 Les perroquets de la mère Philippe, with Armand d'Artois and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1818 La Saint-Henri, divertissement, with Théodore Anne, 1825 Le Pâte d'anguille, ou le quiproquo, vaudeville in 1 act, after La Fontaine, 1828 Les troqueurs, 1819 Angéline ou la champenoise, comédie in vaudevilles imitated from German, with Emmanuel Théaulon, 1819 L'Invisible, ou la Curiosité d'une veuve, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Fulgence de Bury, 1820 Le Traité de paix, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Brisset, 1821 Le Coq de village, with Charles-Simon Favart, 1822 Les Frères rivaux, ou la Prise de tabac, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1822 Guillaume, Gautier et Garguille, ou Le Cœur et la pensée, comédie grivoise in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Gabriel de Lurieu, 1822 Le père et le tuteur, 5-act comedy, 1822 La Pauvre Fille, 1-act vaudeville, with Armand d'Artois (1788-1867) and Michel Dieulafoy, 1823 Le polichinelle sans le savoir, comédie-parade mingled with ariettes, with Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, 1823 Les Amours de village, vaudeville in 1 act, 1823 La Dame des Belles Cousines, vaudeville in 1 act, 1823 Le Duc d'Aquitaine ou Le Retour, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Felice Blangini, 1823 Les Femmes volantes, vaudeville-féerie in 2 acts, with E. Théaulon, 1824 Alfred, ou la Bonne Tête !, vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Anne, 1824 La Curieuse, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, 1824 Les Deux officiers, vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Anne, 1824 Le Mariage de convenance, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Théaulon, 1824 L'Officier et le paysan, opéra comique in 1 act in prose, with Charles-Frédéric Kreubé, 1824 Le Retour à la ferme, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Mathurin-Joseph Brisset, 1824 La Sorcière des Vosges, vaudeville in 2 acts, 1824 Belphégor, ou le Bonnet du diable, vaudeville-féerie in 1 act, with Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jules Vernet, 1825 Le Champenois, ou les Mystifications, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1825 Les Châtelaines, ou les Nouvelles Amazones, vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Anne, 1825 L'Exilé, vaudeville en 2 actes, with Théodore Anne and Henri de Tully, after Walter Scott, 1825 La Grand'Maman, ou le Lendemain de noces, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1825 Le Bon père, comedy in 1 act, with Ferdinand Laloue, 1827 Le Caleb, comedy in one acte, with Eugène de Planard, after Walter Scott, 1827 Les Forgerons, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, 1827 Le Futur de la grand'maman, with Monnais, 1827 L'Homme de Paille, comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, 1827 Le Jeu de cache-cache, ou la Fiancée, comedy in 2 acts, 1827 Les Jolis soldats, with Théaulon, 1827 Le Mariage à la hussarde, ou une nuit de printemps, one-act comedy, with Emmanuel Théaulon, 1827 Le Matin et le soir, ou la Fiancée et la mariée, comedy in 2 acts, with Eugène de Lamerlière and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1828 Le Château de Monsieur le Baron, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Adolphe de Leuven, 1828 Le Brutal, Henri III episode in 2 tableaux, 1829 Les Suites d'un mariage de raison, drama in 1 act, with Léon Lévy Brunswick and Victor Lhérie, 1829 La veille et le lendemain ou Il faut bien aimer son mari, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Armand d'Artois, 1829 La Czarine, with Michel Masson, 1830 L'espionne, with Dupeuty, 1830 La Lingère du Marais, ou la Nouvelle Manon Lescaut, vaudeville in 3 acts, with Henri Dupin, 1830 M. Cagnard ou les Conspirateurs, folie du jour in one act, with Nicolas Brazier and Théophile Marion Dumersan, 1831 L'Ange gardien, ou Sœur Marie, comedy in 2 acts, with Henri Dupin, 1831 Batardi, ou Le désagrément de n'avoir ni mère, ni père, with Dupin, 1831 Le Boa, ou le Bossu à la mode, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Francis Cornu, 1831 La prima donna ou La sœur de lait, 1832 Le Fils du Savetier, ou les Amours de Télémaque, vaudeville in one act, with Jules Chabot de Bouin, 1832 L'aiguillette bleue, historical vaudeville in three acts, with Ernest Jaime and Michel Masson, 1834 La Chambre de Rossini, canevas à l'italienne, mingled with vaudevilles and new music, with Jean-Toussaint Merle and Antoine Simonnin, 1834 La jolie voyageuse ou Les deux Giroux, with René de Chazet and Joseph-Bernard Rosier, 1834 Jean Jean don Juan, parodie en cinq pièces, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont and Charles Dupeuty, 1835 Un mois de fidélité, with Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny, 1835 Le Comédien de salon, with Edmond Rochefort, 1836 Le Jeune père, with Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, 1836 Scipion, ou le Beau-père, comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with E. Rochefort, 1836 Trois cœurs de femmes, vaudeville in 3 acts, with Adolphe d'Ennery and Edmond Burat de Gurgy, 1836 Un frère de quinze ans, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Alexis Decomberousse, 1838 Valentine, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Armand d'Artois, 1839 Vingt-six ans, comedy in 2 acts, with Armand d'Artois, 1839 Un jeune caissier, drama in 3 acts, with Théaulon, 1840 Lucrèce Borgia, opera in 3 acts, with Henri de Saint-Georges, 1840 Une Idée de médecin, comédie en 1 acte mêlée de couplets, with Armand d'Artois, 1844 La Gardeuse de dindons, comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Edmond de Biéville and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1845 Un domestique pour tout faire, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1846 La Fille obéissante, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1847 Un Monsieur qui veut exister, vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois, 1849 Un Dieu du jour, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 actes, with Roger de Beauvoir, 1850 Un bon ouvrier, comédie en vaudevilles, with Joseph-Bernard Rosier, 1852 Jusqu'à minuit, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, 1852 Le Château de Coetaven, comedy mingled with songs in 1 act, with Galoppe d'Onquaire, 1852 Reculer pour mieux sauter, proverbe-vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand d'Artois, 1854

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Louis Charles Achille d'Artois de Bournonville

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Achille d'Artois?

French writer

When was Achille d'Artois born?

Achille d'Artois was born on 17 March 1791 in Beaurains-lès-Noyon.

When did Achille d'Artois die?

Achille d'Artois died on 2 December 1868 in Versailles.

What was Achille d'Artois's occupation?

Achille d'Artois was a librettist, playwright, dramatist and libretto.

What nationality was Achille d'Artois?

Achille d'Artois was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Achille d'Artois

· Wikidata: Q17620926

· DBpedia: Achille d'Artois

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