Georges Duval

Georges Duval (2 February 1847 – 23 September 1919) was a French journalist and playwright.

Biography Georges Duval was a columnist at Le Gaulois under the pseudonyms Claude Rieux and Tabartin. He also collaborated with the newspaper L'Événement.

In 1883, Guy de Maupassant dedicated him his short story Le Cas de madame Luneau.

His greatest theatrical success was the comédie en vaudeville Coquin de printemps, composed in 1888 with Adolphe Jaime. This play was revived in Broadway in 1906 by Richard Carle under the title Spring Chicken. In 1898, he also wrote with Albert Vanloo, the libretto of the operetta Véronique by André Messager.

In 1892, he was chief editor of La Libre Parole.

Works Comedies 1874: Madame Mascarille, comedy in one act and in verse (Théâtre de Cluny) 1876: Aux quatre coins, one-act comedy (Théâtre des Bouffe-Parisien) 1880: Voltaire chez Houdon, comedy in one act and in verse Le Petit Bleu, one-act comedy La Bagasse, three-act comedy Le Hanneton d'Héloïse, four-act vaudeville La Pie au nid, three-act comédie en vaudeville Adieu Cocotte !, three-act comedy Le Remplaçant, three-act comedy Le Voyage autour du Code, three-act comedy Le Coup de Fouet, three-act comedy

Other 1875: Le Tour du monde en 80 minutes, three-act revue 1878: Artistes et cabotins (1878) 1879: Histoire de la littérature révolutionnaire 1880: La Morte galante, novel 1880: Les Petites Abraham 1881: Vauluisant et Bouleau 1881: Un Amour sous la Révolution 1881: Le Miracle de l'abbé Dulac 1883: Le Premier Amant 1884: Vieille histoire 1884: Les Orphelins d'Amsterdam 1884–1889: Le Carnaval parisien 1885: Laurette 1886: L'Homme à la plume noire 1886: Un Coup de fusil 1886: Paris qui rit 1887: Le Tonnelier Mai 1871 1887: Une Virginité 1888: Coquin de printemps !, three-act vaudeville with Adolphe Jaime 1898: Véronique, operetta (music by André Messager), with Albert Vanloo. Les Colères du Fleuve, à-propos in verse