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Henri Boucherat

1851 – 1914

French playwright and chansonnier

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Lived 1851 – 1914 (aged 63). Henri Boucherat was a French playwright, chansonnier and journalist.

Henri Boucherat (? – died after 192) was a French playwright and chansonnier.

Biography The son of a wheelwright from Noyers who became a coachbuilder in Paris, Henri Boucherat was initially a journalist specializing in finance. Managing director of the Journal des rentes et valeurs, the Cote internationale des coupons and the Cote Bleue , it was only alongside his stock market activities that he became a playwright and songwriter.

He is buried alongside his wife (born Jeanne Léonie Loiseau in Chaumont, Haute-Marne on May 12, 1860, and died in Paris 9th arrondissement on April 5, 1929) at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Works 1884: Mon ami Pierrot, review of the year 1884 1885: Théodora à Montluçon, one-act parody in eight tableaux, with Guillaume Livet 1898: Le Diable au moulin, one-act operetta, with Henry Moreau 1898: Métempsycose ! Lettre à une parisienne, music by Laurent Halet 1898: Y a pas d'erreur, revue in two acts and four tableaux, with Moreau 1898: Filles d'Arles ! Souvenirs de Province, song, with Jules Gaillard, music by Étienne Jacquier 1900: Le Medjidié, one-act vaudeville, with Moreau 1900: Ohé ! la Province, vaudeville-revue in 1 act and two tableaux, with Moreau

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Who was Henri Boucherat?

French playwright and chansonnier

When was Henri Boucherat born?

Henri Boucherat was born on 5 January 1851 in Noyers.

When did Henri Boucherat die?

Henri Boucherat died on 3 November 1914 in Sauvigny-le-Bois.

What was Henri Boucherat's occupation?

Henri Boucherat was a playwright, chansonnier and journalist.

What nationality was Henri Boucherat?

Henri Boucherat was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Henri Boucherat

· Wikidata: Q22811509

· DBpedia: Henri Boucherat

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