Eugène Héros

Eugène Héros (14 August 1860 – 11 December 1925) was a French playwright and chansonnier.

Biography A lawyer and member of Le Chat noir, he collaborated among others to Le Figaro and to La France and became managing director of the Théâtre du Palais Royal (1907-1910) then of the Scala (1914-1918). His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th and begin of the 20th century including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre de Cluny, the Palais Royal, the Théâtre de la Renaissance, the Bataclan, and Bobino.

A founder of the magazine Le Gueux (1891-1892), several of his songs were published in La Rampe and Gil-Blas illustrated, from 1892 to 1900. They were performed among others by Jean Sablon or Jeannette Levasseur.

Works Theatre

La Noce à Génie, 1885 Il a des bottes !, revue in 3 tableaux, with Georges Bertal, 1888 En livrée, vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille Mélandri, 1889 Le Roi Claquette, operetta in 1 act, music by Félix Chaudoir, 1890 Les Étrennes de M. Trouillard, folie-opérette in 1 act, music by Gangloff, 1891 Le Fils de Madame Blum, monologue, 1891 La Partie de baccara, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1891 L'Héritier, opérette-bouffe in 1 act, music by Gangloff, 1892 Leur bonheur !, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Georges Mathieu, 1895 La Tziganie dans les ménages, play in 1 act and 2 tableaux, with Adolphe Jost, 1897 Qui va à la chasse, operetta in 1 act, with Alfred Delilia, music by Duhem, 1898 Nostalgie, drama in 1 act, with Trébla, 1900 Sa Crotte !, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Harry Blount, 1900 Fleurissez-vous, Mesdames !, with Gavault, 1901 Le Pont d'Avignon, comédie-vaudeville, with Noël Villiers, 1902 Le Cartel, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1902 Chez qui ?, revue-féerie in 1 act and 2 Tableaux, 1902 Family-Hôtel, vaudeville in 3 acts, with Paul Gavault and Eugène Millou, 1902 Reims s'expose, revue in 1 acti and 3 Tableaux, 1903 Veinard !, vaudeville-opérette in 2 acts and 5 tableaux, 1904 Le Chasseur de canards, comedy in 1 act, 1905 Don Juan moderne, vaudeville in 1 act, 1905 Pâquerette, one-act play, with Léon Abric, 1905 Il est ignoble avec Bouchard !, vaudeville in 1 act, 1906 Les Suites d'un premier mai, vaudeville in 1 act, with Flers, 1906 La Veuve, one-act play, with Abric, 1906 La Revue du centenaire, with Flers, music by Alfred Fock, 1907 Ah ! Moumoute !, folie-opérette in 2 acts and 6 tableaux, with P.-L. Flers, 1907 Dans les vieux pots, comedy in 1 act, with Trébla, 1907 Salu...e !, revue in 2 acts and 8 tableaux, with Flers, 1907 Les Tribulations d'un gendre, 1908 A l'Alcazar... de la fourchette, drama extravaganza in 4 tableaux, undated L'Arbitre, saynète comique, with Léon Garnier, undated Le Coup du gendarme, pantomime, undated La Femme sans bras, monologue, with Ernest Gerny, undated Paris-Boycotte, revue in 2 acts and 5 tableaux, undated La Revue roulante, in 2 acts and 4 tableaux, undated Le Circuit du Ceste, opérette revue féerie vaudeville in 2 acts and 17 tableaux, with Flers, undated Penses tu !, revue in 2 acts and 8 tableaux, undated

Songs

Mon p'tit Salé, berceuse argotique, music by Henri Chatau, 1891 Ah ! c' que j' m'embête !, music by Léopold Gangloff, 1892 Ballade du ventre, song, music by Henri Albertini, 1892 Les trois Chemises !, song, music by Gangloff, 1892 Les Bibis !, music by Gangloff, 1892 Les Pousse-cailloux !, music by Gangloff, 1893 Çà vous coûte si peu !, song, music by Gangloff, 1894 La Cigarière, Spanish song, music by Eugène Dédé fils, 1894 Libre Échange !, song, music by Fragson, 1894 Lingaling, chansonnette, music by Eugène Dédé fils, 1894 La Prière du gueux !, poem by Eugène Héros, incidental music by Léopold Gangloff, 1894 Nos Parents !, histoire biblique, music by Gangloff, 1895 La Rosse, song, music arranged by Jules Lasaïgues, after the English song La Didily Idily de C.-M. Rodney, 1895 Ah ! Viens !, chanson valse, music by Ernest Gillet, 1896 Contrastes !, song, music by Ernest Lerwile, 1896 La Michonnette, music by Paul Delmet, 1896 Pik et Ponk et Poo !, chanson-scie tirée de l'anglais, lyrics by Eugène Héros, music arranged by Gaston Maquis, 1896 La Queue du diable, pièce fantastique in 2 acts, with Léon Garnier, 1896 Ce qu'elles coûtent !, chansonnette comiques, music by Félix Chaudoir, 1897 Revanche !, music by Jean Varney, 1897 Les Honnêtes Gens !, song, music by Harry Fragson, 1897 Paris-London !, monologue song, music by Fragson, 1897 L'Ange, music by Émile Duhem, 1898 Vision !, mélodie, poem by Eugène Héros, music by André Pradels, 1898 Voyage de noces, rondeau, music by Émile Bonnamy, 1898 Toutes les mêmes !, music by Félicien Vargues, 1899 Les Huit Reflets !, chansonnette, music by Émile Spencer, 1900 Premier Baiser !, valse chantée sur les motifs de l'Ange qui passe, lyrics by Eugène Héros, music by William Salabert, 1900 Viv' l'Exposition !, music by William, 1900 Laissez glaner !, music by Gustave Goublier, 1901 Inutile Beauté !, poem by Eugène Héros, music by Paul Fauchey, 1902 Ludo Ratz. Je ne veux pas !, valse chantée, music by Louis Bernard-Saraz, 1902 Jeu de Massacre !, chansonnette, lyrics by Eugène Héros and Jean Varney, music by Émile Lassailly, 1902 Tout passe !, valse chantée, lyrics by Paul Gavault and Eugène Héros, music by Rodolphe Berger, 1902 Avec difficile !, valse chantée, poem by Eugène Héros, music by Paul Fauchey, 1903 J'ai trois Fleurs dans mon jardin !, poem by Eugène Héros, music by Louis Auguin, 1903 Le Pisteur !, chansonnette, music by Bertrand Diodet, 1903 La Bien-aimée !, valse chantée, music by Paul Wachs, 1904 L'Amour obligatoire, chansonnette, after the American march Anona by Vivian Grey, lyrics by P.-L. Flers et Heros, music arranged by Charles Thony, 1906 Margotin marche, song on the motives of The British Patrol by G. Ash, lyrics by Héros and André Mauprey, music by Mauprey and Thony, 1906 Baisers fleuris, valse, poem by Eugène Heros, music by Youssef Khan Nazare-Aga, 1908 Hop ! eh ! ah ! di ! ohe !, popular song, with Flers, music by Auguste Bosc, 1910 Bal du Moulin Rouge, undated Pourquoi ne pas m'aimer ?, valse chantée sur les motifs de la Valse bleue (sans accords), music by Alfred Margis, undated P'tit cochon, music by Fragson, undated Autres Le Brésil à l'Exposition universelle de 1889, with Alfred Marchand, 1889 Suppression de l'Assistance publique, 1890 La Grosse Marie, 1896 Les Lyriques, poems, 1898 Le Théâtre du Palais Royal de la Montansier à la fin du siècle. Notes et souvenirs, 1901 Le Théâtre anecdotique, petites histoires de théâtre, foreword by Tristan Bernard and Paul Gavault, 1912 Les Parodies, undated