About Dumaniant
Lived 1752 – 1828 (aged 76). Dumaniant was a French actor, playwright, writer, librettist and goguette.
Antoine-Jean Bourlin, better known as Dumaniant, (11 April 1752 – 26 September 1828) was a French comedian, playwright and goguettier.
First a lawyer, he was a comedian in Paris until 1798, then patented entrepreneur of shows in the province.
In 1802, he was a member of the Parisian goguette Déjeuners des Garçons de bonne humeur
Works Theatre Le Médecin malgré tout le monde, three-act comedy, in prose, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 20 February 1786 Le Dragon de Thionville, historical fact in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 26 July 1786 Guerre ouverte, ou Ruse contre ruse, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 4 October 1786 La Nuit aux avantures, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 7 February 1787 Les Intrigants, ou Assaut de fourberies, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 6 August 1787 La Belle Esclave, ou Valcour et Zéïla, comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with ariettes, music by Philidor, Paris, Théâtre des Petits Comédiens de Mgr le Comte de Beaujolais, 18 September 1787 L'Amant femme-de-chambre, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 8 November 1787 La Loi de Jatab, ou le Turc à Paris, one-act comedy in verse, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 1787 Urbélise et Lanval, ou la Journée aux aventures, three-act comédie-féerie in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 30 April 1788. Les Deux cousins, ou les Français à Séville, three-act comedy, in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 22 July 1788 L'Honnête homme, ou le Rival généreux, comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 5 February 1789 Le Secret découvert, ou l'Arrivée du maître, comedy in 1 act and in prose, Versailles, Théâtre Montansier, 24 February 1789 Ricco, comedy in 2 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 26 November 1789 La Double Intrigue, ou l'Aventure embarrassante, comedy in 2 acts and in prose, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 10 July 1790 La Vengeance, tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 26 November 1791 Text online La Journée difficile, ou les Femmes rusées, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 19 November 1792 Text online Beaucoup de bruit pour rien, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, imitated from Calderon, Théâtre des Variétés, 25 February 1793 Isaure et Gernance, ou les Réfugiés religionnaires, comedy in 3 acts, in prose, Paris, Théâtre de la Cité, 6 November 1794 Les Ruses déjouées, three-act comedy in prose, Théâtre de la Cité-Variétés, 14 November 1798 Le Duel de Bambin, one-act comedy in prose, mingled with ariettes, music by citizen Tomeoni, Paris, Théâtre Montansier, 20 June 1800 Les Calvinistes, ou Villars à Nîmes, one-act historical comedy, in prose, with Pigault-Lebrun, Paris, Théâtre Français de la République, 29 December 1800 Henri et Perrine, comedy in 1 act and in prose, imitated from Danish, Paris, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 5 February 1801 L'Hermite de Saverne, tableau en mélodrame des mœurs du XIVe siècle, in 3 acts, in prose, with Thuring, music by Louis Alexandre Piccinni, Paris, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 16 June 1803 Brisquet et Jolicœur, one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Servière, Paris, Théâtre Montansier, 22 January 1804 Soyez plutôt maçon, one-act comedy, in prose, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 2 April 1804 Les Français en Alger, two-act melodrama, in prose, music by Alexandre Piccinni fils, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 28 April 1804 L'Adroite ingénue, ou la Porte secrète, comedy in 3 acts in verse, imitated from Calderon, with Marc-Antoine Désaugiers, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 3 September 1805 L'Espiègle et le dormeur, ou le Revenant du château de Beausol, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, imitated from German, Paris, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 28 June 1806 L'Homme en deuil de lui-même, comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Charles Henrion, Paris, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 15 August 1806 La Famille des badauds, one-act comedy, imitated from English, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés-Étrangères, 7 March 1807 L'Hôtelier de Milan, three-act comedy, imitated from the Spaniard Antonio de Solis, Théâtre des Variétés-Étrangères, 5 June 1807 Les Folles raisonnables, two-act comedies, imitated from English by George Farquhar [The Inconstant], Théâtre des Variétés-Étrangères, 13 June 1807 Grotius, ou le fort de Loevesteen, three-act historical melodrama extravaganza, music by Quaisain, Paris, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 20 March 1810 La Femme de 20 ans, comedy in 3 acts and in verse, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 22 October 1811 Qui des deux a raison ? ou la Leçon de danse, comedy in 1 act and in verse, Théâtre de l'Impératrice, 28 September 1813 Varia 1797: Les Amours et aventures d'un émigré 1804: Herclès, poème en 3 chants, suivi de la Création de la femme 1811: Trois mois de ma vie, ou l'Histoire de ma famille (3 volumes) 1813: Des Moyens de prévenir la décadence de l'art du comédien et d'assurer le sort de ceux qui exercent cet art 1823: De la situation des théâtres dans les départements
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Dumaniant?
French actor
When was Dumaniant born?
Dumaniant was born on 11 April 1752 in Clermont-Ferrand.
When did Dumaniant die?
Dumaniant died on 26 September 1828 in former 6th arrondissement of Paris.
What was Dumaniant's occupation?
Dumaniant was an actor, playwright, writer, librettist and goguette.
What nationality was Dumaniant?
Dumaniant was French.
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