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Alphonse Lemonnier

1842 – 1907

French journalist, novelist, chansonnier and playwright

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Lived 1842 – 1907 (aged 64). Alphonse Lemonnier was a French journalist, playwright, chansonnier and chansonnier (singer).

Alphonse Lemonnier, full name Hippolyte Alphonse Lemonnier, (20 August 1842 – 16 July 1907) was a 19th-century French journalist, novelist, chansonnier and playwright.

Biography Lemonnier was born in Paris, 6me arrondissement.

He made his comedian debut at the Cirque-Olympique before he became theatrical columnist for many newspapers. The founder of the Moniteur des théâtres et des plaisirs (1869), the Parisien illustré (1867) and La Vie thermale (1867), he was the publication director of the Paris-mondain (1880–1881) and Colombine (1894–1895) periodics.

Stage manager of the Théâtre des Variétés, then successively director of the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, the Théâtre du Château-d'eau and the Théâtre Déjazet, he later was managing director of the Alhambra and the Comédie-Mondaine (1906) in Brussels.

His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre Déjazet, the Théâtre de la Gaîté and the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques.

He died in Brussels, 16 July 1907, and was buried in the Paris Batignoles cemetery on 20 July 1907.

Works

1856: Deux vieilles gardes, operetta in 1 act, with Ferdinand de Villeneuve and Léo Delibes 1860: Adieu charmants démons !, ditty 1861: La Fête de ma femme, comedy mingled with couplets, in 1 act 1862: Risette et Jacquot, ou les Étrennes au village, pièce villageoise in 1 act 1865: Les Femmes de théâtre 1865: Les Petites comédies de l'amour, one-act play, mingled with singing, with Félix Dutertre de Véteuil 1866: Les Aventures de Rockambolle, folie-vaudeville in 3 acts 1866: L'Affaire Clément-sot, mémoires d'une accusée, one-act play, with Victor Duteuil 1866: La Déesse du bœuf gras, folie carnavalesque in 2 tableaux, with Élie Frébault 1866: La Diva Peripata !, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Duteuil 1866: Faut nous payer ça, grande revue parisienne in 4 acts and 12 tableaux, with Duteuil 1868: Tout Paris la verra, revue in 5 acts and 15 tableaux, with François Oswald 1869: Allons-y, revue in 4 acts and 17 tableaux 1869: Concert de l'Eldorado... Petite biographie de Madame Judic 1869: Le Bien d'autrui, opéra comique in 1 act, music by Samuel David 1869: Le Gaulois-Revue, revue of 1868 in 4 acts and 10 tableaux, with Alexandre Flan 1871: Histoire de la révolution de Paris, avec notices biographiques des membres de la Commune 1871: Une Noce en visite, parody of Une visite de noces, in 1 act 1872: Les Femmes qui font des scènes, three-act play, mingled with song, with Monselet 1873: Les Femmes qui s'amusent 1873: Aimer un homme !, ditty 1876: Quand il n'y a plus de foin..., one-act play 1877: Les Femmes des réservistes, duo comique 1878: S. G. D. G., revue of the year 1880: Les Dindons de la farce, comedy in 3 acts 1878, with Charles Monselet 1880: Paris-mondain, ronde chantée tous les soirs, par Mme Dufresny, à l'Alcazar d'hiver, with de Jallais 1882: Cinq filles à marier, play mingled with song, in 1 act 1884: Une date immortelle ! souvenir d'un grand jour, with Amédée de Jallais 1885: Une Maîtresse servante, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Henri Luguet 1886: L'Année scandaleuse, revue of the year in 2 acts and 1 prologue, with Stéphen Lemonnier 1887: La Petite Francillon, little parody in 1 little prologue, 3 little acts and 2 little intermissions, with Henri Blondeau and Hector Monréal 1891: Madame la maréchale, three-act play, with Louis Péricaud 1891: Une mère d'actrice, novel, with S. Lemonnier 1892: L'Héritage de Jean Gommier, five-act play, with Louis Péricaud 1895: Les abus du théâtre; Quelques directeurs en robe de chambre 1897: Paille d'avoine, opéra comique in 1 act 1899: Françoise les Bas-Bleus, pièce patriotique mêlée de chant, in 3 tableaux, with S. Lemonnier 1899: Fidelio, opera in 3 acts 1901: Le Premier modèle, comedy in 1 act 1902: Les Mille et un souvenirs d'un homme de théâtre undate: Huit ans au théâtre de la République

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French journalist, novelist, chansonnier and playwright

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Alphonse Lemonnier was born on 20 August 1842 in Paris.

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Alphonse Lemonnier died on 16 July 1907 in Brussels metropolitan area.

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Alphonse Lemonnier was a journalist, playwright, chansonnier and chansonnier (singer).

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alphonse Lemonnier

· Wikidata: Q18115399

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