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Émile Cottenet

1783 – 1833

French playwright

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Lived 1783 – 1833 (aged 50). Émile Cottenet was a French playwright, chansonnier and actor.

Émile Cottenet (1785 in Lyon - 1833 in Paris) was a 19th-century French actor, chansonnier and playwright. He arrived in Paris around 1815 and became an actor for the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin before he worked for the troupe of the Théâtre du Gymnase. His plays have been performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century : Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaîté, etc.

Works 1810: Le petit Saint Jean ou La vente publique 1813: Dumollet à Lyon, ou Bêtise sur bêtise, folie-vaudeville in 1 act 1816: Le Bateau à vapeur, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Pierre-Frédéric-Adolphe Carmouche 1816: Les Jumelles béarnaises, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Jules Vernet 1816: Les Poissons d'avril, ou le Charivari, amorce in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Carmouche 1817: Est-ce une fille ? est-ce un garçon ?, à-propos vaudeville in 1 act, on the occasion of the happy delivery of her highness Mme la duchesse de Berry 1817: La Fête du Béarnais, à-propos in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, on the occasion of the king's day, with Charles Hubert 1817: L'Heureuse nouvelle, ou le Premier arrivé, à-propos in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles 1817: La Mascaradomanie ou la Petite revue, scènes épisodiques mingled with vaudevilles 1817: Le Soldat et le courtisan, ou l'Auberge du Point-du-Jour, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act in prose 1820: Tristesse et gaîté, ou les Deux noces, vaudeville in 1 act, with Hubert 1821: Patapan à la représentation de Jeanne d'Arc à Feydeau, pot-pourri written under his dictation 1821: Les Trébuchets, folie villageoise, mingled with couplets 1821: Patapan, ex-tambour de l'armée d'Espagne, à la représentation de l'Attaque du convoi, pot-pourri mingled with fights, dances, evolutions, ballets, etc. 1826: Arlequin, le dentiste et son compère, parade in 4 acts 1827: Athènes, ou les Grecs d'aujourd'hui, tragedy in 3 parts in verses 1830: L'Alarme des rois undated : Boutade, devinez à qui ?

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Who was Émile Cottenet?

French playwright (1785-1833)

When was Émile Cottenet born?

Émile Cottenet was born on 25 January 1783 in Pontailler-sur-Saône.

When did Émile Cottenet die?

Émile Cottenet died on 13 November 1833 in Paris.

What was Émile Cottenet's occupation?

Émile Cottenet was a playwright, chansonnier and actor.

What nationality was Émile Cottenet?

Émile Cottenet was French.

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· Wikipedia: Émile Cottenet

· Wikidata: Q21294620

· DBpedia: Émile Cottenet

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