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Jules Renard

1813 – 1877

French playwright and vaudevillist

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Lived 1813 – 1877 (aged 63–64). Jules Renard was a French playwright and vaudeville performer.

Jules Renard (Paris, 1813 – Sèvres 1877) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevilliste.

Works Cherubin ou la journée des aventures, comedy in five acts and six tableaux, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques, 15 September 1852, Vialat et Cie L'Hôtel des haricots, vaudeville in three acts with Delbès, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de la Gaîté 18 January 1861, Pilloy, s.d. Un million dans le ventre, vaudeville in one act, premiered in Paris at the Théâtre des Variétés, 17 May 1857, M. Lévy, s.d. Même maison, vaudeville in 1 act, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 4 May 1865, E. Dentu, 1865 Une noce sur le carré, comédie-vaudeville in one act, Palais-Royal, 6 April 1868, E. Dentu, 1868 Deux prisonniers de Théodoros, pochade abyssinienne in one act, new music by M. de Villebichot, E. Dentu, 1868 Le Musée d'Anatole, vaudeville in one act, Palais-Royal, 17 August 1870, E. Dentu, 1871 Un coup de vent, vaudeville in one act, Palais-Royal, 22 August 1867, E. Dentu, 1872 La Clarinette postale, comédie-vaudeville in one act, Palais-Royal, 20 June 1873, Tresse, 1873

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1813, Paris
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Who was Jules Renard?

French playwright and vaudevillist (1813-1877)

When was Jules Renard born?

Jules Renard was born in 1813 in Paris.

When did Jules Renard die?

Jules Renard died on 5 February 1877 in Sèvres.

What was Jules Renard's occupation?

Jules Renard was a playwright and vaudeville performer.

What nationality was Jules Renard?

Jules Renard was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jules Renard

· Wikidata: Q15407003

· DBpedia: Jules Renard (vaudevilliste)

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