About Pierre Carmouche
Lived 1797 – 1868 (aged 71). Pierre Carmouche was a French chansonnier, librettist, playwright, poet, dramaturge and writer.
Pierre Carmouche (9 April 1797 - 9 December 1868) was a French playwright and chansonnier. He wrote more than 200 successful plays, comedies, comédies en vaudevilles and texts for opéras comiques, in collaboration with diverse authors - Brazier, Dumersan, Mélesville, de Courcy, etc.
In 1824 he married the actress Jenny Vertpré.
He also collected a rich library, bequeathed in part to marshal Canrobert.
Theatre Les Poissons d'avril, ou le Charivari, comédie en vaudevilles, with Émile Cottenet, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 1 April 1816. Le Bateau à vapeur, comedy in one act, mingled with couplets, with Émile Cottenet, Philibert Rozet, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 1816. L'Heureuse Moisson, ou le Spéculateur en défaut, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Jean-Toussaint Merle and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, September 1817. La Cloyère d'huitres, ou les Deux Briquebec, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Frédéric de Courcy and Jean-Toussaint Merle, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 25 January 1820 La Petite Corisandre, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Henri Dupin and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 11 October 1820. Chacun son numéro, ou le Petit Homme gris, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Boirie, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 6 December 1821. Le Coq de village, tableau vaudeville by Charles-Simon Favart with changes from Carmouche and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 16 July 1822. La Réconciliation, ou la Veille de la Saint-Louis, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Frédéric de Courcy and Ferdinand Laloue, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 23 August 1822. Le Grenadier de Fanchon, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Nicolas Brazier, Théâtre des Variétés, 13 December 1824. In vino veritas, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Saint-Ange Martin and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 24 April 1825. Les Filets de Vulcain ou le Lendemain d'un succès, foly-vaudeville en 1 act, with Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle and Dupin, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 15 July 1826. Cinq heures du soir, ou le Duel manqué, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Mélesville, Théâtre des Variétés, 4 September 1827. Le Mariage impossible, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Mélesville, Théâtre des Variétés, 1828. Le puff. Comédie en vaudevilles in 3 tableaux, with Varin and Louis Huart, 1838. Deux-Ânes, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Mélesville, Théâtre du Palais Royal, 1842.
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French playwright
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Pierre Carmouche was born on 9 April 1797 in Lyon.
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Pierre Carmouche died on 9 December 1868 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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Pierre Carmouche was a chansonnier, librettist, playwright, poet, dramaturge and writer.
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Pierre Carmouche was French.
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