Alphonse Signol

François-Nicolas Alphonse Signol (c.1800 in Saint-Mandé – 26 June 1830 in Vincennes) was an early 19th-century French playwright and novelist.

Biography His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre des Nouveautés, and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique. His novel Le Commissionnaire is sometimes attributed to George Sand and Jules Sandeau who allegedly used his name for promotion.

He was killed in a duel against a military after an altercation at the Théâtre italien de Paris.

Works 1826: De la maçonnerie considérée dans quelques-uns de ses rapports avec la politique 1828: Le Caporal et le Paysan, with Armand d'Artois 1828: Le Duel, drama in 2 acts 1828: Jean, play in three parts, mingled with couplets, with Emmanuel Théaulon 1828: L'École de natation, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe de Leuven and Charles de Livry 1829: Apologie du duel, ou Quelques mots sur le nouveau projet de loi 1829: Le Pacha et la Vivandière, folie vaudeville in 3 tableaux 1830: La Lingère, ou la Vie de Paris en 1830, 5 vol. 1830: Mémorial de Sir Hudson Lowe, relatif à la captivité de Napoléon 1831: Le Chiffonnier, 5 vol., with Stanislas Macaire 1831: Le Commissionnaire, mœurs du XIXe