Saint-Yves

Saint-Yves (9 November 1808 – 23 July 1871 ) was the pen name of Édouard Déaddé, a 19th-century French playwright.

Short biography He was born Ernest-Antoine-Edmond-Édouard Déaddé in Paris. An employee at the Interior ministry, he became known as vaudevilliste under the pen name Saint-Yves and published numerous articles in the Revue et gazette musicale under the pseudonym D.A.D.

His numerous plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre du Panthéon, the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté. Several collaborative projects were discussed with Honoré de Balzac but none were realized.

He was the managing director of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Antoine from 31 December 1839 to January 1841.

Works

Odette, ou la Petite reine, chronique-vaudeville du temps de Charles VI, 1832 Le te deum et le de profundis, one-act comédie en vaudeville, with Benjamin Antier and Victor Ratier, 1832 Léonie, ou les Suites de la colère, 1833 Une matinée à Vincennes, ou le Conciliateur, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, 1834 Le souper du diable, vaudeville in 1 act, 1834 Un pélerinage, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1835 La Préface de Gil Blas, one-act play, 1835 Casque en cuir et pantalon garance, with Xavier Veyrat, 1836 Le Maugrabin, drame mêlé de chants, 1836 La fille du Danube, ou Ne m'oubliez pas, drame-vaudeville in 2 acts and extravaganza, with Veyrat, 1836 Les Gitanos, ou le Prince et le chevrier, historical comedy in 1 act mingled with song, 1836 La Caisse d'épargne, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Édouard Delalain, 1836 Le Début de Talma, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1836 Rosette, ou Promettre et tenir, comédie en vaudeville in 2 periods, with Alexandre de Lavergne, 1836 L'Amour d'une reine, drama in 3 acts, 1837 Le Forgeron, drame-vaudeville in 1 act, with Delalain, 1837 Les ombres chinoises, comédie vaudeville in 2 acts, 1837 Les marchands de bois, vaudeville in 1 act, with Hector Monréal, 1837 Tabarin, ou un Bobêche d'autrefois, fantaisie in 1 act, mingled with song, 1837 Les Regrets, vaudeville in 1 act, with X. Veyrat, 1837 Rose et Colas, ou Une pièce de Sedaine, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Delalain and Victor Ratier, 1838 Le Mariage d'orgueil, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Adolphe d'Ennery, 1838 Une histoire de voleurs, drame vaudeville in 1 act, with Delalain, 1838 Turcs et bayadères, ou le Bal de l'Ambigu, folie de carnaval in 2 tableaux mingled with couplets, with Amable de Saint-Hilaire, 1838 Sous la Régence, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Delalain, 1838 La Fabrique, drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Édouard Delalain, 1839 Mme de Brienne, drama in 2 acts, with Max Raoul, 1839 Béatrix, drama in 4 acts, 1839 Madame de Brienne, drama in 2 acts and in prose, 1839 La Tarentule, imitation du ballet de l'Opéra, in 2 acts, mingled with song and dance, 1839 Les Oiseaux de Bocace, vaudeville, with Desroziers, 1840 Cocorico ou La poule de ma tante, vaudeville in 5 acts, with Michel Masson and Ferdinand de Villeneuve, 1840 L'Autre ou les Deux maris, vaudeville in 1 act, with Alfred Desroziers, 1840 Dinah l'Egyptienne, drama in 3 acts mingled with song, with Louis Lefebvre, 1840 Le Piège à loup, vaudeville in 1 act, with X. Veyrat, 1841 Au vert galant !, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Angel, 1842 Eva ou le Grillon du foyer, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Choler, 1842 Les Femmes et le secret, vaudeville in 1 act, with Delalain, 1843 Le Saut périlleux, vaudeville in 1 act, 1843 Les Naufrageurs de Kérougal, drama in 4 acts, extravaganza with Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé and Jules Chabot de Bouin, 1843 La Perle de Morlaix, drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Édouard Delalain and Hippolyte Hostein, 1843 La Tête de singe, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Dumanoir and Desroziers, 1844 Brancas le rêveur, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Alexandre de Lavergne, 1845 L'Homme aux trente écus, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Édouard Brisebarre, 1845 Mademoiselle Bruscambille, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, 1845 Le fils du diable, drama in 5 acts and 11 tableaux, with Paul Féval, 1847 Le Pot au lait, fable by La Fontaine, set in action, 1847 Impressions de ménage, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Brisebarre, 1847 Mademoiselle Grabutot, vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe Choler, 1847 Le Protégé de Molière, comedy in 1 act, in verses, 1848 La république de Platon, vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler, 1848 Candide ou Tout est pour le mieux, tale mingled with couplets in 3 acts and 5 tableaux, with Clairville et Choler, 1848 Les Barricades de 1848, opéra patriotique in 1 act and 2 tableaux, with Brisebarre, 1848 Une chaine anglaise, comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, with Eugène Labiche, 1848 Histoire de rire, vaudeville in 1 act, with Labiche, 1848 Mademoiselle Carillon, vaudeville in 1 act, with Angel, 1849 Le Baron de Castel-Sarrazin, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Clairville and Alfred Desroziers, 1849 Le Congrès de la paix, à-propos in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Clairville, 1849 Une femme exposée, vaudeville in 1 act, with Angel, 1849 Les manchettes d'un vilain, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Labiche and Auguste Lefranc, 1849 Le Marin de la garde, opéra comique in 1 act, 1849 La Paix du ménage, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler, 1849 La baronne Bergamotte, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with X.-B. Saintine, 1850 Les Étoiles, ou le Voyage de la fiancée, vaudeville fantastique in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, 1850 Le Rossignol des salons, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Xavier de Montépin, 1850 La Jeunesse de Louis XIV (1648), vaudeville anecdotique, 1851 La Fille de Frétillon, vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler, 1851 Belphégor, vaudeville fantastique in 1 act, with Choler and Dumanoir, 1851 La Mort aux rats, folie-vaudeville in 1 acti, 1851 Le Mari d'une jolie femme, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler, 1851 Alice, ou L'ange du foyer, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Émile Colliot, 1852 Marie Simon, drama in 5 acts, with Jules-Édouard Alboize de Pujol and Choler, 1852 L'Amour au daguerréotype, vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Varin, 1853 Le Mariage au bâton, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Xavier Eyma, 1853 L'héritage de ma tante, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler, 1854 Le cousin Verdure, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre Zaccone, 1855 Flaneuse, vaudeville in 1 act, 1855 Zerbine, tableau bouffe, with Octave Féré, 1856 La chanteuse de marbre, with O.Féré, 1857 Le Nez d'argent, vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler and Alfred Delacour, 1857 La belle Gabrielle, with O. Féré, 1857 Les Chevaliers errants. Zohra la Morisque, with O. Féré, 1857 Pianella, operetta in 1 act, with O. Féré, 1860 Un bal sur la tête, vaudeville in 1 act, with Victor Bernard and Paul Siraudin, 1860 Comme on gâte sa vie, comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, with Choler, 1860 Le sou de Lise, operetta in 1 act, with Zaccone, 1860 Les Trabucayres, with O.Féré, 1862 Le Comte de Bonneval, histoire du siècle dernier, with O. Féré, 1863 Détournement de majeure, vaudeville in 1 act, with V. Bernard, and P. Siraudin, 1863 Les Quatre femmes d'un pacha, with O. Féré, 1864 Splendeurs et misères d'un renégat, with O. Féré, 1864 Le Baron de Trenck, with Octave Féré, 1865 Un mariage royal, with O. Féré, 1865 Une femme dégelée, vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler and Clairville, 1865 Les Chevaliers d'aventures, with O.Féré, 1865 Les Amours du comte de Bonneval, with Octave Féré, 1866 Louise de Guzman, with O. Féré, 1866 Les Quatre femmes d'un pacha, with O. Féré, 1867 Mademoiselle Pacifique, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Choler, 1868 L'Anneau de la veuve, 1870 Le mari de la tzarine, with O. Féré, 1891 (posthumous)