Paul Foucher

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Paul-Henri Foucher , Paul Foucher for short , (born April 21, 1810 in Paris , † January 24, 1875 ), was a French man of letters, playwright and journalist.

biography

Foucher first worked in the War Ministry, which he quickly interrupted to turn to literature. In 1828 he made the acquaintance of Alexandre Soumet , who advised him to read Amy Robsart , a play by his brother-in-law, because his sister Adèle Foucher was married to Victor Hugo . Foucher had to beg Victor Hugo to lend it to him so that he could read it. Victor Hugo himself found the piece so bad that he would have liked to burn it. Fouchet promised to revise it for the stage and in the same year it was premiered at Odéon , when Foucher was announced alongside Victor Hugo. Two years later, in 1830, Foucher was able to perform his first solo work, Yseult Raimbaud , in Odéon. From this point on, his career as a successful playwright was mapped out.

In addition to his work as a playwright, Foucher also wrote for a number of journals, such as L'Indépendance belge or La Presse . He was later a theater critic for La France and L'Opinion nationale .

His death came unexpectedly. Foucher attended the premiere of Ernest Blum's Rose Michel when he felt uncomfortable in the evening. His condition, an inflamed hernia , led to his death within three days.

According to an obituary, Foucher had a very lively imagination, which was reflected in the ease of his work.

Trivia

The Amy Robsart play was received very controversially. In front of the theaters in which it was performed, there were sometimes tumults, so that the performance of the play was finally banned.

Foucher was exceptionally nearsighted, but did not wear glasses, and mishaps were frequent. The winged word nearsighted like Foucher was born .

Others

Foucher's brother was the lawyer Victor-Adrien Foucher . Furthermore, Foucher was accepted as a knight in the Legion of Honor in 1847 .

He also wrote, with others, the libretto for Wagner's Flying Dutchman

Stage plays (excerpt)

  • Saynètes , 1831
  • La Misère dans l'amour , 1832
  • Les Passiona dans le monde , 1833
  • Juanita , with Paul Duport , 1833
  • Caravage , with Charles Desnoyer , 1834, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
  • Marguerite de Quélus , with Charles Desnoyer and Alexandre de Lavergne , 1835, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
  • Transfuge , with Alexandre de Lavergne, 1836, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin
  • Jeanne de Neaples , Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 1837
  • Dom Sebastien de Portugal , Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 1838
  • Isabelle de Montréal , Théâtre de la Gaîté , 1839
  • La Voisin , 1842
  • Richard en Palestine , 1844
  • L'Héritier du czar , Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe, 1849
  • Bonne aventure , after Frédérick Lemaître , 1855
  • La Joconde , Comédie-Française, 1855
  • Institutrice , Odéon - Théâtre de l'Europe, 1861
  • Carnaval de Naples , Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 1866

literature

  • La France: Paul Foucher , edition of January 26, 1875, p. 3, digitized
  • Ernest Glaeser: Biographie nationale des contemporains , 1878, p. 258, digitized
  • Obituary in Journal pour tous: magazine hebdomadaire , issue of January 29, 1875, p. 254, digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Proof via Worldcat , accessed on August 27, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Foucher, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Foucher, Paul-Henri (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Man of letters, playwright and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1875