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Paulin Deslandes

1806 – 1866

French playwright

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Lived 1806 – 1866 (aged 59–60). Paulin Deslandes was a French playwright and singer.

Paul Deslandes, full name Nicolas Théodore Paulin Deslandes, (1806 – 25 April 1866) was a 19th-century French playwright.

A singer at the Opéra Comique where he made his debut 3 April 1832, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre de l'Ambigu etc.

He is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. The bronze bust of E. Levêque adorning his tomb was beheaded by vandals.

Works

1833: Étienne et Robert, drame populaire in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Charles Didier 1833: La Modiste et le lord, comédie-anecdote mingled with song, in 2 acts, with Didier 1834: L'École des ivrognes, tableau populaire mingled with couplets, with Didier 1835: Le Lycéen, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Didier 1835: Le Vendu, tableau populaire, in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Didier 1836: L'Enfant du faubourg, drame populaire in 3 acts, mingled with couplets, with Didier 1836: L'art de ne pas payer son terme, ou Avis aux propriétaires, vaudeville in 1 act, with Didier 1836 Théodore, ou Heureux quand même, vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard 1836: Un véritable amour, drama in 3 acts, mingled with song, with Didier 1837: L'Ange gardien, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with song, with Dupeuty 1837: Les Deux mères, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Eugène Cormon and Didier 1837: Haïdée la pestiférée, ou Femme, mère et maîtresse, drama in 3 acts 1837: Portier, je veux de tes cheveux !, historical anecdote in 1 act, with Théodore Cogniard and Didier 1838: A bas les hommes !, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Cogniard brothers and Ernest Jaime 1839: Dagobert, ou la Culotte à l'envers, drame historique et drôlatique, in 3 acts and in verses, preceded by a prologue speech in verses, by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Adolphe de Leuven and Deslandes, with de Leuven and de Saint-Georges 1839: Les Travestissemens, opéra comique in 1 act 1842: Tabarin, comedy in 3 acts mingled with couplets, with Dumanoir 1843: Les Canuts, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Antoine-François Varner 1843: Le Noctambule, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varner 1848: Le Buveur d'eau, tableau populaire in 1 act, with Charles Dupeuty 1848: Les Deux anges gardiens, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act 1848: Un et un font un, vaudeville in 1 act, with Adrien Decourcelle 1848: Mignonne, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act 1849: L'Impertinent, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard 1850: Castagnette, vaudeville in 1 act 1850: La Gamine, vaudeville in 1 act 1851: Les Deux prudhommes, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act 1851: Jeanne, comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Raymond Deslandes 1852: La Poissarde, ou les Halles en 1804, drama in 5 acts, with Ernest Bourget and Dupeuty 1853: Où peut-on être mieux ?, vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Potier 1853: La Peine du talion, vaudeville in 1 act 1854: Bertrand, c'est Raton, vaudeville in 1 act 1854: Une idée de jeune fille, vaudeville in 1 act 1855: Le Jeu du cœur, vaudeville in 3 acts 1856: Un enfant du siècle, play in 3 acts, with Joachim Duflot 1857: Le Conscrit de Mont-rouge, drama in 5 acts, including 1 prologue 1857: Isambart marié, vaudeville in 3 acts 1858: La Noce de Tronquette, tableau populaire in 1 act 1858: Vingt ans ou la Vie d'un séducteur, drame-vaudeville en 5 acts, with Potier, 1858 1859: Les chevaliers du pince-nez, comédie vaudeville in 2 acts, with Eugène Grangé and Lambert-Thiboust, 1859 1860: Colombe et pinson, vaudeville in 1 act 1861: Grain-de-sable, vaudeville in 2 acts 1863: La Dernière grisette, vaudeville in 3 acts 1863: Pataud, vaudeville in 1 act 1867: Le Père Gachette, drama in 5 acts, in 8 tableaux undated: Album lyrique composé de romances, rondes et chansonnettes

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Who was Paulin Deslandes?

French playwright (1806-1866)

When was Paulin Deslandes born?

Paulin Deslandes was born in 1806 in Paris.

When did Paulin Deslandes die?

Paulin Deslandes died on 25 April 1866 in Paris.

What was Paulin Deslandes's occupation?

Paulin Deslandes was a playwright and singer.

What nationality was Paulin Deslandes?

Paulin Deslandes was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Paulin Deslandes

· Wikidata: Q22210538

· DBpedia: Paulin Deslandes

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