Charles Varin
Charles Varin , real name Charles Voiron , stage name Victor (born January 20, 1798 in Nancy , † April 24, 1869 in Paris ), was a French playwright.
Life
Charles Voiron was appointed to the profession of notary by his father, but dropped out after ten years and went to Paris. There he devoted himself to theatrical writing, but had no success for a long time. His father refused to give him any financial support. When he made his breakthrough in 1825, he first called himself Victor before taking on his final stage name Charles Varin in order to distance himself from the unpopular family name Voiron.
Varin wrote mainly cheerful and theatrical vaudevilles , mostly in collaboration with other authors. These included Jean-François Bayard , Louis François Clairville , Paul de Kock , Félix-Auguste Duvert , Eugène Labiche , Henri Rochefort , Théophile Marion Dumersan , Michel Delaporte , Etienne and Jacques Arago .
In August 1864 he was made a knight of the Légion d'honneur .
Works (excerpt)
- L'Amour et la guerre , Vaudeville with Étienne Arago (1825)
- Arwed, ou les Représailles with Étienne Arago (1830)
- Les Deux font la paire with Jean-François Bayard ( Théâtre des Variétés , June 30, 1832)
- Le Mari à la ville et la femme à la campagne , Vaudeville with Étienne Arago (1837)
- Les Saltimbanques , Comédie-Vaudeville in 3 acts, with Théophile Marion Dumersan (Théâtre des Variétés), 1838)
- Un jeune homme charming , Vaudeville in 5 acts, with Paul de Kock (1839)
- La Jolie fille du faubourg , Comédie-Vaudeville in 3 acts, with Paul de Kock, based on his novel ( Théâtre du Vaudeville , (1840)
- Un grand criminel with Jacques Arago (1841)
- Paris, Orléans et Rouen , Comédie-Vaudeville in Acts 3, with Jean-François Bayard ( Théâtre du Palais-Royal , 1843)
- Une invasion de grisettes with Étienne Arago (1844)
- L'Enfant de la maison , Vaudeville in one act, with Eugène Labiche Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell (November 21, 1845)
- Traversin et Couverture , with Eugène Labiche (Théâtre du Palais-Royal, April 26, 1850)
- Deux profonds scélérats with Eugène Labiche | Labiche (Théâtre du Palais-Royal, February 24, 1854)
- Je suis mon fils , Vaudeville with Henri Rochefort (Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 1860)
Individual evidence
- ↑ La Jolie fille du faubourg was the model for Johann Nestroy's play Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt
- ↑ Paris, Orléans et Rouen was the model for Johann Nestroy's piece Railway Marriage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Varin, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voiron, Charles; Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1869 |
| Place of death | Paris |