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Gaston de Montheau

1828 – 1867

French playwright and poet

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Lived 1828 – 1867 (aged 39). Gaston de Montheau was a French playwright and poet.

Gaston de Montheau, full name Guy Joseph Gaston de Montheau, (19 January 1828 – 16 February 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and poet.

His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre-Français. He is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery (division 25), in Paris.

Works Passe-temps de duchesse, comedy in 1 act, in prose 1851: La Course au plaisir, revue of the year 1851, in 2 acts and 3 tableaux, with Michel Delaporte and Théodore Muret 1851: Mignon, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with song 1851: Les Trois âges des Variétés, panorama dramatique in 1 act, in verses, mingled with couplets 1852: Un Homme de cinquante ans, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act 1852: Les Reines des bals publics, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Delaporte 1853: La Forêt de Sénart, drama in 3 acts 1853: Les Femmes du monde, comédie vaudeville in 5 acts, with Eugène Cormon and Eugène Grangé 1853: La Fille de Madame Grégoire, vaudeville in 1 act, with Delaporte 1854: Brelan de maris, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Laurencin 1854: M. Bannelet, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Nuitter 1854: Où passerai-je mes soirées, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Potier 1856: Le Fils de la France, cantata 1862: A Pie IX (8 juin 1862), ode

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French playwright and poet (1828-1867)

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Gaston de Montheau was born on 19 January 1828 in Paris.

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Gaston de Montheau died on 16 February 1867 in Paris.

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Gaston de Montheau was a playwright and poet.

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Gaston de Montheau was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Gaston de Montheau

· Wikidata: Q23054908

· DBpedia: Gaston de Montheau

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