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Adrien Vély

1864 – 1935

French playwright and screen writer

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Lived 1864 – 1935 (aged 70). Adrien Vély was a French journalist, writer, film director, composer, librettist and lyricist.

Anselme Adrien Raymond Lévy called Adrien Vély or Vély (3 September 1864 – 30 May 1935 ) was a French journalist and playwright. A Contest for a Handkerchief, Le dîner du 9 (1909), and Un monsieur qui suit les dames (1906) are some of Adrien Vely's best-known works.

Life Born in the first arrondissement of Paris, a journalist, he wrote and performed his plays under the pseudonym of Vély. He also uses in the press the pseudonyms of Addé, Brioché and Plumquick. His plays were represented on the most important Parisian stages of the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. He also wrote songs, novels and film scripts.

Work As playwright 1887: Valentine crue Zoé, comédie-vaudeville en 1 acte, avec Adrien Moch, au théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs (13 April) 1892: La Petite Salammbô, parodie en 1 acte du roman de Gustave Flaubert, with Alévy, at Théâtre Déjazet (29 September) 1892: Cligne en haut ! Cligne en bas !, revue de fin d'année en 1 acte et 2 tableaux, avec Alévy, music by Charles Raiter, at Concert-Parisien (15 December) 1893: Veuve Prosper, successeur, opérette en 3 actes, avec Alévy, au Théâtre Déjazet (11 October) 1893: Paris-Printemps, revue, avec Alévy, au théâtre d'Application 1894: Napoléon intime, comédie en 1 acte, avec Alévy, au théâtre d'Amiens (9 juillet). Reprise au théâtre du Grand-Guignol in June 1897. 1894: Paris-Trianon, revue en 2 actes et 3 tableaux, with Alévy, at Trianon-Concert (31 July) 1894: Une Bonne soirée, opérette en 1 acte, with Alévy, music by Paul Marcelles, at Théâtre de l'Ambigu (21 December) 1895: Paris-Montmartre, revue en deux actes, un prologue et six tableaux, avec Alévy 1898: Paris qui trotte, revue à grand spectacle, with Alévy and Laurent Grillet, Nouveau-Cirque (8 February) 1898: Une lecture, ou les Jolies filles du Marché des Innocents, one act comedy, Théâtre des Capucines (20 October) 1900: Ya d'la femme, revue en deux actes et un tableau, with Victor de Cottens, music by Laurent Halet, at Concert Parisien (15 October) 1901: La revue des Variétés, three acts review, with Paul Gavault, at Théâtre des Variétés (11 December) 1901: Bichette, three acts vaudeville, with Alexandre Fontanes, at Théâtre du Palais-Royal (19 September) 1902: Les Aventures du capitaine Corcoran, play in 5 acts and 17 scenes based on the novel by Alfred Assollant, with Paul Gavault and Georges Berr, at Théâtre du Châtelet (30 October) 1902: V'là l'métro !, revue in two acts and ten scenes, with Henry de Gorsse, at la Cigale (7 November) 1902: Monsieur Tranquille, one act comedy, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (22 December) 1903: Qu'est-ce qu'on risque ?, revue in two acts and ten scenes, with Charles Clairville, at la Cigale 1904: Pour trente-deux francs, one act play, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (21 April) 1905: Une revue au Théâtre du Palais Royal, review in ten scenes including a prologue, with Pierre Veber, at Théâtre du Palais-Royal (1 December) 1905: Le Numéro 33, one act play, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (24 January) 1906: English school, one act play, at Théâtre du Palais-Royal (4 May) 1906: Ohé ! La r'vue du Français, revue locale et féerique en 3 actes et 7 tableaux, au Théâtre-Français de Bordeaux (23 December) 1909: La Poire, pièce en 1 acte, with Léon Miral, at Théâtre des Capucines (25 April) 1914: Le 1er janvier de la sous-préfète, one act comedy 1916: Le Locataire est sans pitié, one act comedy, in verses 1920: La Poupée américaine, three acts operetta, with Victor de Cottens, Armand Lévy and Fernand Rouvray, Alcazar de Brussels (19 February) 1926: La Double gageure, unpublished comedy undated: Un directeur de naguère, at Théâtre Michel. Novelist 1894: Contes panachés, éditions Calmann-Lévy 1902: L'Illustre Saint-Gratien, illustrations by Paul Destez, librairie Paul Ollendorf 1909: Les petites amies de M. St-Gratien, illustrations by Paul Destez, librairie Paul Ollendorf 1913: Saint-Gratien est dans nos murs !, illustrations by Paul Destez, librairie Paul Ollendorf 1914: M. Schnitz et M. Schnatz, foreword by Hansi, illustrations by Paul Destez, librairie Paul Ollendorf 1924: En voilà des histoires, éditions Ferenczi 1924: La Plus aimée, éditions Albin Michel 1924: Mlle Charlequine, poule, éditions Flammarion Journalist 1894: La Galerie des chefs-d’œuvre 1921: La Grande détresse de la poésie française 1929: Le Prix de français en Alsace, 6th year, 1929. Screenwriter 1908: , short film (250 m) by Georges Monca 1909: Le Dîner du 9, short film (215 m) by an anonymous director 1909: La Course au mouchoir, short film by an anonymous director 1910: Amis de table d'hôte, short film by an anonymous director 1911: Pour voir Paris, short film by Albert Capellani 1912: Zoé a le cœur trop tendre, short film (155 m) by an anonymous director.

Awards Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur Officier d'Académie (ministerial order of 19 November 1889) Ordre des Palmes académiques (ministerial order of 17 January 1897)

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Knight of the Legion of Honour; Officier de l'Instruction publique

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Adrien Vély?

French playwright and screen writer

When was Adrien Vély born?

Adrien Vély was born on 3 September 1864 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.

When did Adrien Vély die?

Adrien Vély died on 30 May 1935 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Adrien Vély's occupation?

Adrien Vély was a journalist, writer, film director, composer, librettist and lyricist.

What nationality was Adrien Vély?

Adrien Vély was French.

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· Wikipedia: Adrien Vély

· Wikidata: Q106323589

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