Edouard Plouvier

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Edouard Plouvier , actually Édouard Plouvier , (born August 22, 1821 in Paris , † November 12, 1876 ibid) was a French playwright and librettist.

life and work

Plouvier wrote features , newspaper articles and short stories. From 1850 he was also active as a theater poet. In 1851 his most successful play Les vengeurs was premiered with Lucie Mabire in the leading role. As a librettist , Plouvier a. a. for Jacques Offenbach , Henry Litolff and Ferdinand Poise . He published under numerous pseudonyms such as "Cagliostro", "Paul Destournelles", "Paul Verner", "De la palfenerie", "Job le Réveur", "Diabole" and "Dugandin".

At the age of 55, Édouard Plouvier died on November 12, 1876 and found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery (51st Division). His grave was decorated with a bronze by the sculptor Émile-Coriolan Guillemin (1841-1907).

Works (selection)

prose
  • Les rires de Marie ou La vierge veuve. Histoire fantasque . Paris 1847.
Poetry
  • Le livre du bo dieu. 10 poems . Vinchon & Mourgues, Paris 1855.
  • Les refrains du dimanche. Cinquante chansons . 3rd edition. Coulon-Pineau, Paris 1858 (together with Charles Vincent; illustrated by Gustave Doré ).
Libretti
  • Jacques Offenbach: Le songe d'une nuit d'hiver. Comédie en un acte et en prose . Levy, Paris 1854.
  • Jacques Offenbach: The Smuggler. Operetta in one act (“Une nuit blanche”). 1859.
  • Un postillon en gage. Opérette en un acte . Paris 1855.
theatre
  • Ne touchez pas à la hache !. Comédie-vaudeville en un acte , Dagneau, Paris 1854
  • Too beautiful. Comedy in one act (“Trop beau pour rien faire”). Reclam, Leipzig 1885 (together with Jules Adenis ).
  • La crise de ménage. Comédie en un acte . Levy, Paris 1858 (with Jules Adenis)
  • Feu le capitaine Octave. Comédie en un acte . Levy, Paris 1959 (with Jules Adenis).
  • L'outrage. Drame en cinq actes . Michel, Paris 1859 (together with Théodore Barrière ).
  • Toute seule. Comédie en un acte . Levy, Paris 1860 (together with Jules Adenis).
  • The iron eater. Drama in five acts and a prelude (8 images) (“Le mangeur de fer”). Bloch Verlag, Berlin 1866.
  • The angel at midnight. Fantastic drama in six acts (“L'ange de minuit”). Levy, Paris 1861 (together with Théodore Barrière).
  • Le comte de Saulles. Drame en cinq actes . Levy, Paris 1864.
  • Le ménétrier de Saint-Waast. Mélodrame en cinq actes et sept tableaux . Levy, Paris (with Théodore Barrière).
Works
  • Oeuvre collective . Lacroix Verbœchoven, Paris 1870.

literature

  • Charles Héricourt: Édouard Plouvier. Notice biographique . Rohard-Courtin, Paris 1879.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contents: Madame la Terre, Le chevalier printemps, Monsieur l'Été, Sa Majesté l'Automne, Le bonhomme, Hiver, La mère Providence, L'ami soleil, Sonaltesse la lune, Les Anges, Le père
  2. ↑ First performance (world premiere) on June 12, 1854, Théâtre Français , Paris.
  3. ^ UA 1855, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens , Paris.
  4. ^ UA on February 9, 1856, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, Paris.
  5. ^ UA on April 15, 1854, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques , Paris.
  6. ↑ World premiere on November 13, 1855, Théâtre du Vaudeville , Paris.
  7. ↑ World premiere on December 23, 1857, Théâtre des Variétés , Paris.
  8. ↑ World premiere on March 19, 1859, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris.
  9. ↑ World premiere on February 25, 1859, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin , Paris.
  10. ↑ World premiere on July 4, 1860, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris.
  11. ↑ World premiere on April 28, 1866, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique , Paris.
  12. ^ UA on March 5, 1861, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Paris.
  13. ↑ World premiere on April 6, 1864, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Paris.
  14. ↑ World premiere on April 17, 1865, Théâtre Beaumarchais , Paris.
personal data
SURNAME Plouvier, Edouard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plouvier, Édouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French playwright and librettist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1821
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1876
Place of death Paris