Arsène de Cey

Arsène de Cey (real name François-Arsène Chaise de Cahagne; 2 March 1806 – 20 November 1887) was a French playwright and novelist.

A civil servant at the Ministry of Public Works (1858), his plays were performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté etc.

Works

Novels 1833 : La Fille du curé, roman de mœurs 1833 : Jean le bon apôtre, roman de mœurs 1835 : Sagesse, ou la Vie d'étudiant, roman, 4 vols. 1836 : La Jolie Fille de Paris, 4 vols. 1836 : Le Premier Pas, roman

Theatre 1837 : Vingt ans après, comedy in 1 act, mixed with distincts, with Paul Duport 1842 : Quand on n'a rien à faire, comedy-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lockroy 1848 : Le Grand-papa Guérin, comedy-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Laurencin 1840 : Les Caprices, comedy-vaudeville en 1 act, with Léon Halévy 1848 : La Fiancée du prince, comedy-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Antonin d'Avrecourt and Ernest-Georges Petitjean 1848 : Monsieur le duc et Madame la duchesse, comedy-vaudeville in 2 acts 1850 : Le Mari d'une Camargo, comedy-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Laurencin 1852 : L'Ami du roi de Prusse, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Charles Varin 1854 : Quand on n'a pas le sou..., vaudeville in 1 act, with Gustave Harmant