Gustave de Wailly

Gabriel Gustave de Wailly (13 June 1804 – 27 April 1878 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and Latinist. Léon de Wailly was his brother.

Biography Brought up in a family of writers and academics, master of requests at the Conseil d’État (1830), he became inspector general of the former civil list and was known for his dramas.

He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (20th division).

Works Some of his works were published under the pseudonym Mme Marie Senan.

1825: La Mort dans l'embarras, comédie nouvelle, in 3 acts and in verse, with Léon de Wailly 1826: Amour et intrigue, drama in 5 acts and in verse, imitated from Schiller 1826: Ivanhoé, opera in 3 acts, music by Gioacchino Rossini 1827: La Folle, ou Le testament d'un Anglaise, comedy 1827: Anglais et français, comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard 1827: L'Oncle Philibert, comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard 1830: Ma place et ma femme, comedy in 3 acts and in prose, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard 1832: Madame du Chatelet, ou, Point de lendemain, comedy in 1 act, with François Ancelot 1838: L'Attente, drama in 1 act (by Mme Marie Senan) 1849: Elzéar Chalamel ou, Une assurance sur la vie, Comédie envaudeville in 3 acts, with Jules de Wailly 1850: Monck ou, Le sauveur de l'Angleterre, historical comedy in 5 acts 1852: Les Premières Armes de Blaveau, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules de Wailly 1853: L'Oncle Tom, drama in 5 acts 1873: Œuvres de Alfred, Gustave et Jules de Wailly 1897: Promenade d'une famille anglaise à Paris monologue pour enfants, posthumous 1898: L'Oreiller qui pleure monologue, posthumous Louise, feuilleton Les Parapluies, comedy in 1 act, with Gaston de Wailly Les Deux Devoirs, sea drama 1n 3 acts Les Deux Honneurs, military drama in 3 acts

Translations He realised many translations among others of Seneca the Younger and Virgil :

1836: Œuvres complètes de Sénèque le philosophe, with Alfred de Wailly. 1878: Odes d'Horace, with Étienne-Augustin De Wailly.

Honours Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (30 July 1832)