Paul Delair

Paul Alexandre Delair (24 October 1842 – 19 January 1894) was a 19th-century French playwright, poet, chansonnier and novelist.

An administrator at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, he took an active part to the organization of the Exposition universelle of 1889. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th-century, including the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Comédie-Française.

Works

1868: La Découverte, ode sur la navigation 1870: Les Nuits et les réveils 1872: L’Éloge d'Alexandre Dumas 1872: La Voix d'en haut, one-act à-propos dramatique, in verse 1879: La Louve d'Alençon, historical novel 1880: Théâtre de campagne 1880: Garin, five-act drama, in verse 1881: Le Fils de Corneille, à propos in verse 1882: Le Fils du charpentier, tale in verse 1883: Les Rois en exil, 5-acts play, in 7 tableaux, with Alphonse Daudet 1884: Le Centenaire de Figaro, à-propos in verse 1884: Les Contes d'à présent avec une lettre de Coquelin aîné sur la poésie dite en public et l'art de la dire 1885: Apothéose, one-act play in verse 1885: Louchon 1887: Délivrance, cantata, music by Théodore Dubois 1887: Rabelais à Molière, verse 1891: Hélène, drama in 4 acts, incidental music by André Messager 1891: La Mégère apprivoisée, four-act comédie lyrique 1891: L’Âme des fleurs !, poetry, incidental music by Jules Massenet 1893: La Vie chimérique, poems 1894: Chanson d'automne, music by André Messager 1895: Testament poétique, poésies posthumes, with Sully Prudhomme 1897: Chansons épiques (Geste de Guillaume) 1898: Chanson d'hiver !, music by C. de Grandval 1898: Parfums des tilleuls !, poetry, music by Clémence de Grandval 1899: Théâtre inédit 1899: Ma belle m'a dit, poetry, music by Charles Cuvillier 1903: Illusion !, lamento, music by Flégier 1905: Musique d'antan, music by Cuvillier 1908: L'Ile des fleurs !, melody, singing and piano, music by Ange Flégier