Léon Gandillot

Léon Gandillot (20-25 January 1862 – 21 September 1912) was a French playwright.

Gandillot was the nephew of the librettist and dramatist Hector Crémieux. In 1886, his first comédie en vaudeville Les Femmes collantes gave him the opportunity to be known very quickly. He later gained other successes with comedies such as La Mariée récalcitrante, La Course aux jupons, and Ferdinand le noceur. Two of these plays have until now been adapted to film: Les Femmes collantes twice, in 1919 by Georges Monca and in 1938 by Pierre Caron as well as Ferdinand le noceur in 1934 by René Sti.

Works

1886: Les femmes collantes, comédie-bouffe in 5 acts; Paul Ollendorff 1887: Les filles de Jean de Nivelle, novel, H. Kistemaeckers 1887: Le fumeron, comedy in 1 act; Paul Ollendorff 1887: Vers amoureux, collection of poems; Alphonse Piaget 1887: Contes à la lune, short stories; Librairie illustrée 1888: Entre conjoints !, short story; H. Kistemaeckers 1888: Un rendez-vous, comedy in i act; Paul Ollendorff 1888: Tes seins, poems; Librairie nouvelle 1889: La mariée récalcitrante, comédie-bouffe in cinq acts; Paul Ollendorff 1890: La course aux jupons, comedy in 3 acts; Paul Ollendorff 1890: La Diva en tournée, comedy in 1 act; Paul Ollendorff 1890: L'Enlèvement de Sabine, comédie-bouffe in 3 acts; Paul Ollendorff 1890: Le Gros lot, comedy in 1 act; Paul Ollendorff 1891: Bonheur à quatre, comedy in 3 acts; Paul Ollendorff 1891: De fil en aiguille, scènes de la vie folâtre in 4 days; Paul Ollendorff 1892: Le Pardon, comedy in 3 acts; Paul Ollendorff 1892: La Tournée Ernestin, comédie inédite in 4 acts 1893: Le Sous-Préfet de Château-Buzard, comédie inédite in 3 acts 1893: Le Supplice d'un Auvergnat, comedy in 1 act, mingled with song; Paul Ollendorff 1894: Les Dames du Plessis-Rouge, five-act play; Paul Ollendorff 1894: Une Femme facile, comedy in 1 act; Paul Ollendorff 1895: Associés !, comedy in 3 acts; Paul Ollendorff 1895: La Cage aux lions, comédie-bouffe inédite in 3 acts 1895: Ferdinand le noceur, comedy in 1 act; l'Illustration 1896: La Tortue, comédie inédite in 3 acts 1896: La Villa Gaby, comédie inédite in 3 acts; l'Illustration 1897: Madame Jalouette, comédie inédite in 3 acts 1898: L'Amorceur, comédie inédite in 4 acts 1900: Zigomar, pièce inédite in 3 acts 1901: Radinol a du coton !, comédie-bouffe inédite in 3 acts (in collaboration with M. Landais) 1905: Le Devoir conjugal, comédie inédite in 3 acts 1905: Vers l'amour, five-act play; l'Illustration 1909: Euterpé ambigua, texte; Société Internationale de musicologie 1909: L'Ex, comédie inédite in 4 acts 1910: Les Pigeonnettes, comédie-bouffe inédite in 3 acts (in collaboration with Alphonse de Beil) 1911: Sauvé des eaux, comédie inédite in 1 act; Je sais tout