Louis Gabriel Montigny

Louis Gabriel Montigny (3 December 1784 – 10 January 1846 ) was a 19th-century French playwright and writer.

Short biography Louis Gabriel was the son of Rémy Montigny, master perfumer and of Marie-Madeleine-Gabrielle Mignot, domiciled rue Saint-Honoré. He married Julie-Celestine Massiet 18 July 1825 in Montron, (Aisne).

An officer in the military, director of the Moniteur de l'armée, he became a journalist and a dramatist. His plays were presented on the most important parisians stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.

He is buried at Montmartre Cemetery, 22nd division, with his wife who died 15 January 1879 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, his daughter Marie-Louise-Delphine de Montigny (1826-1897), and his son in law, general Joseph-Augustin-Eugène Daguerre (1814-1879). The grave is to the right of the tomb of the painter Gustave Moreau, facing l'avenue du Tunnel.

Works 1821: Les Français en cantonnement, ou la Barbe postiche, vaudeville in 1 act 1822: Mon cousin Lalure, comedy in 1 act, en prose 1823: Fragments d'un miroir brisé, anecdotes contemporaines (françaises et anglaises), traits de morale et d'observation, esquisses de mœurs, revue des usages, aperçus philosophiques, réflexions, remarques, bons mots et réparties 1824: Dix aventures de garnison : le Chirurgien improvisé, le Moderne Joseph, Histoire d'une jolie comtesse, la Fille du pasteur de Neustadt, la Morale à la hussarde, Athénaïs, la Belle inconnue, la Soubrette, Une aventure tragique, les Trois duels 1824: Le Troubadour étique, romance 1825: Le Provincial à Paris, esquisses des mœurs parisiennes, 3 vols. 1825 Le Carnaval, ou les Figures de cire, folie-parade-vaudeville en 1 act 1825: La Chaise de poste, melodrama in 2 acts, with Saint-Amand 1825: Les Girouettes de village, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Saint-Amand 1825: La Dot et la Fille, ou le Commis marchand, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with W. Lafontaine 1826: Le Commis-voyageur, ou le Bal et la Saisie, comédie-vaudeville en 1 act 1826: Mon ami de Paris, ou le Retour en province, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets 1827: Le Café de la garnison, vaudeville in 1 act, mingled with couplets 1827: Les Cavaliers et les Fantassins, tableau militaire in 1 act 1827: Le Colonel Duvar, fils naturel de Napoléon, publié d'après les Mémoires d'un contemporain 1827: Le Mari de toutes les femmes, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act 1828: La Nourrice sur lieu, scènes de famille, mingled with couplets, with Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle, Théodore Nézel and Jean-Gilbert Ymbert 1833: Souvenirs anecdotiques d'un officier de la Grande Armée Quinze jours à Prague