Joseph-Bernard Rosier

Joseph-Bernard Rosier (18 October 1804 – 12 October 1880) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.

Biography He first worked as a solicitor's clerk before becoming a professor of rhetoric and embarking on a literary career in 1830.

His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century, including those of the Théâtre du Vaudeville, the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, and the Théâtre-Français.

Works

1830: Le Mendiant Cratès, ou le Rêve et le réveil 1830: Le mari de ma femme, comedy in three acts 1831: Le Mariage par dévouement, comedy in three acts, in verses 1833: La Mort de Figaro, drama in five acts, in prose 1834: Charles IX, drama in five acts 1834: La jolie voyageuse ou Les deux Giroux, anecdote contemporaine in one act, with Achille d'Artois and René de Chazet 1836: Un procès criminel, ou les Femmes impressionnables, comedy in three acts 1836: Vieilles et nouvelles histoires 1837: Maria Padilla, Spanish chronicle in three acts, one prologue and one epilogue 1837: Claire, ou la Préférence d'une mère, drama in three acts, in prose 1838: Les assurances conjugales, comedy in one act, mingled with chant 1838: A trente ans ou Une femme raisonnable, comedy in three acts mingled with couplets, with Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche 1839: L'Amour, comedy in three acts 1839: La Lune rousse, comedy in one act, mingled with songs 1839: Le protégé, comedy in one act 1839: Le manoir de Montlouvier, drama in five acts 1840: La Femme de mon mari, comedy in two acts, mingled with couplets 1840: La mansarde du crime, comedy in one act 1841: Zacharie, drama in five acts 1841: Langeli, comedy in one act, mingled with couplets 1841: Manche à manche, comedy in one act, mingled with song 1842: Les deux brigadiers, vaudeville in two acts 1842: Monsieur de Maugaillard, ou le Premier jour des noces, comedy in one act in prose 1846: L'Inconsolable ou Les Deux déménagements, comédie-vaudeville in three acts 1847: Un mousquetaire-gris, comedy mingled with couplets in two acts 1848: Le pouvoir d'une femme, comedy in two acts 1848: La Dernière conquête, comedy mingled with song, in two acts 1849: Brutus, lâche César!, comedy in one act mingled with song 1849: La Pension alimentaire, comédie-vaudeville in two acts 1849: Croque poule, comédie-vaudeville in one act 1850: Un mariage en trois étapes, comedy mingled with song, in three acts 1850: Le songe d'une nuit d'été, opéra comique in three acts, with Ambroise Thomas and Adolphe de Leuven 1851: Deux lions râpés, comédie-vaudeville in three tableaux, with Charles Varin 1851: Raymond, ou Le secret de la reine, opéra comique in three acts, with Ambroise Thomas and Adolphe de Leuven 1851: Une passion du midi, vaudeville in one act 1852: Un mari trop aimé, comédie-vaudeville in one act 1853: La foi, l'espérance et la charité, drama in five acts and six parts 1855: La Cour de Célimène, opéra comique in two acts, with Ambroise Thomas 1855: Le Housard de Berchini, opéra comique in two acts, with Adolphe Adam 1856: Chacun pour soi, comedy in three acts undated: Un bon ouvrier, comédie-vaudeville, with Achille d'Artois