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Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny

1787 – 1868

French playwright and writer

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Lived 1787 – 1868 (aged 81). Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny was a French playwright, writer, poet and journalist.

Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny (30 August 1787 – 4 November 1868) was a French playwright, poet, journalist and writer.

Biography He studied at Dijon, then moved to Paris to study law. An employee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he became a lawyer after the upheaval of the Imperial Government. An editor in several newspapers, he made his debut at the Théâtre-Français in 1819 with a three-act in verses comedy, L’École des Exagérés.

A managing director of the Théâtre de l'Odéon (1841), his plays were performed on the most significant Parisian stages of his time: Odéon, Comédie-Française, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.

He was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 4 March 1831.

Works

1819 : L’École des Exagérés, comedy in three acts and in verse, 1820 : Les Rivaux de village ou La cruche cassée, opéra comique in one act, with Corvey 1825 : Luxe et indigence ou le Ménage parisien, comedy in 5 acts 1825 : La Dame du lac, opera héroïque in four acts, with Jean-Frédéric-Auguste Lemière de Corvey and Auguste Rousseau, 1825 1825 : Brelan d'amoureux, ou les Trois soufflets, vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent and X.-B. Saintine 1827 : L'Homme habile, ou Tout pour parvenir, comedy in 5 acts and in verse 1829 : Lancaster, ou l'Usurpation, play in 5 acts, in verse 1830 : L'Auberge d'Auray, drame lyrique in 1 act, with Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny, music by Ferdinand Harold and Michele Carafa 1830 : Les Hommes du lendemain, comedy in 1 act, in verse 1831 : Dominique ou Le possédé, comedy in 3 acts, with Henri Dupin 1831 : Jacques Clément, ou le Bachelier et le théologien, drama in 5 acts and in prose 1831 : Joscelin et Guillemette, comedy in 1 act, with a prologue 1831 : Les Préventions, comédy in 1 act, titled Proverbes by Théodore Leclercq and arranged for the stage, with Dupin 1832 : L'Anniversaire de la naissance de Molière, à-propos in one act 1833 : La Parfumeuse de la cour, comedy in 1 act, with Dupin 1834 : Les mal-contents de 1579, drama in 5 acts, with Alexandre Jarry 1834 : Charles III, ou l'inquisition, drama-comedy in 4 acts, with Saintine 1835 : La Fille mal élevée, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Alexis Decomberousse 1838 : Les Adieux au pouvoir, comedy in one act, with Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny 1841 : Claire Champrosé, drama in 1 act 1843 : Le Bon génie de la jeunesse. Traité d'éducation publié sous le patronage de la Reine 1844 : Les Abus de Paris 1844 : Le Mannequin du prince, drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Benjamin Antier and Henri Horace Meyer 1848 : Convenances d'argent, comédy in three acts, in verse 1848 : Mon pays, études poétiques sociales 1848 : La Curée des places 1848 : La Fille de l'émigré, episode of the Restauration 1849 : Une Double leçon, comedy in 1 act, in verse 1852 : Une Haine au moyen âge, 2 vols. 1853 : Nouvelles 1853 : Satire contre Napoléon III 1855 : Le Dernier jour, oratorio 1859 : A la France sur l'expédition d'Italie et la conquête de la Lombardie 1860 : Mes vœux à sa Majesté l'Empereur, le jour de sa fête. La Salutation angélique à sa Majesté l'Impératrice 1861 : A Sa Majesté l'Empereur, le jour de l'an 1861, epistol 1862 : A Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoléon III, au jour de l'an 1862, epistol 1868 : Un salon aristocratique avec nos deux noblesses, followed by a lettre à M. le comte de Montalembert 1864 : Les Eaux du Loiret, hommage to M. Vignat, mayor of d'Orléans 1865 : Molière et Scribe

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Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny?

French playwright and writer (1787-1868)

When was Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny born?

Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny was born on 30 August 1787 in Gray.

When did Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny die?

Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny died on 4 November 1868 in Paris.

What was Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny's occupation?

Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny was a playwright, writer, poet and journalist.

What nationality was Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny?

Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny

· Wikidata: Q23766423

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