Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne
Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne, Chevalier de Vaux-Roussel , also Auguste de Lauzanne (born November 4, 1805 in Vernelle / Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre ; † October 15, 1877 in Paris ), was a French playwright and vaudevillist .
Life
At the age of 13 Lauzanne came to Paris from his hometown, where he began to deal with literature and theater. He was introduced to the playwright Félix-Auguste Duvert through an acquaintance , who at the time had already written several plays. From this first meeting, not only did a close friendship develop - Lauzanne married Duvert's daughter - but above all a very fruitful collaboration between the two.
Lauzanne made his theatrical debut on March 23, 1830 with a vaudeville in the form of a burlesque parody of the drama Hernani by Victor Hugo under the title Harnali, ou la Contrainte par cor . He developed into the preferred employee of his mentor Duvert and this joint effort produced a large number of stage works over a period of around 50 years. Duvert and Lauzanne were seen as a team so much that they became famous under the name "Duvert et Lauzanne".
Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne was awarded the Order of the Légion d'honneur in 1853 . His tomb is in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris .
Works (excerpts)
All the works listed were written by "Duvert et Lauzanne":
- 1830: Harnali ou la Contrainte par cor , Vaudeville parody in five pictures
- 1832: Le Marchand de peaux de lapin ou le Rêve , “Invraisemblance” (improbability, unbelievability) in three acts
- 1834: Le Huron ou les Trois Merlettes , “Folie philosophique” (philosophical madness) in one act, with Xavier-Boniface Saintine ; after a play by Voltaire
- 1836: Elle n'est plus! , Comédie-vaudeville in one act
- 1837: Mina ou la Fille du bourgmestre , Comédie-vaudeville in two acts
- 1839: La Femme de ménage , “Folie” (madness) in one act
- 1841: Un monstre de femme , Comédie-vaudeville in one act
- 1843: L'Homme blasé , Vaudeville in two acts
- 1844: La Bonbonnière ou Comme les femmes se vengent , Vaudeville in one act
- 1849: La Fin d'une république ou Haïti en 1849 , contemporary vaudeville in one act
- 1851: Les Malheurs heureux , Comédie-vaudeville in one act
- 1858: En revenant de Pondichéry , comedy with song in two acts
- 1859: Voyage autour de ma chambre , comic opera in one act, with Xavier-Boniface Saintine; Music by Albert Grisar , world premiere on August 12 at the Opéra-Comique
Individual evidence
- ↑ This piece was the model for Johann Nestroy's posse Der Zerrissene (1844)
Web links
- Information on Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on February 17, 2015.
- Félix-Auguste Duvert & Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne de Vaux Roussel, détail d'une rencontre , on ombres blanches (accessed February 17, 2015; in French)
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SURNAME | Lauzanne, Augustin-Théodore de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne, chevalier de Vaux-Roussel; Lauzanne, Auguste de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French playwright and vaudevillist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1805 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vernelle, Evry-Grégy-sur-Yerre |
DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1877 |
Place of death | Paris |