Pierre-François Camus

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Pierre-François Camus , pseudonym Merville (* 1781 in Pontoise ; † 1853 in Belleville (Paris) ) first practiced as a doctor and then worked as an actor and playwright.

Life

Pierre-François Camus was a son of Algerian immigrants and took his mother's maiden name, Villemer, as his stage name, but later changed it to his anagram Merville. Under this pseudonym, which he used as a playwright, he created around thirty-five pieces, which he brought out with great success on the great stages of Paris, the Opéra-Comique , the Théâtre Favart, the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin and the Théâtre l 'Odéon .

Works (selection)

  • Lequel des deux? ou la Lettre équivoque , Comédie in 1 act, en prose, Paris, Théâtre l'Odéon, 6 September 1814
  • Jean-Bart à Versailles , fait historique in 1 act, mêlé de couplets (with Maréchalle), Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté , March 1, 1817
  • Les Deux Anglais , Comédie in 3 acts et en prose, Paris, Théâtre l'Odéon, July 3, 1817
  • L'Homme poli, ou la Fausse bienveillance , Comédie in 5 acts et en vers, Paris, Second Théâtre-Français , April 8, 1820
  • Les Comptes de tutelle , Comédie-vaudeville in 1 act (with Bayard), Paris, Théâtre de Madame , June 15, 1826
  • La Première Affaire , Comédie in 3 acts, en prose, Paris, Théâtre l'Odéon, August 28, 1827
  • L'Écrivain public , Drame in 3 acts, en prose (with Drouineau), Paris, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, May 10, 1828
  • Le Contrariant , Comédie en prose, in 1 act, Paris, Théâtre l'Odéon, December 28, 1828
  • La Maîtresse , Comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts (with Hte Leroux et Alexis), Paris, Théâtre de Madame, May 6, 1829
  • Le Félon , Drame historique in 3 acts (with *** [Mlle Maucs], music by M. Amédée), Paris, February 2, 1830
  • Le Jeune Prince, ou la Constitution de *** , Comédie in 3 acts, en prose, Paris, Théâtre l'Odéon, July 7th 1831
  • Favras, episode de 1789 , in 3 acts (with Thomas Sauvage), Lyon , Théâtre de la Gaîté, May 19, 1831
  • À 21 ans, ou l'Agonie de Schönbrünn , Drame in 1 act (with Francis [Cornu]), Paris, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique , August 19, 1832
  • Tom-Rick, ou le Babouin , Pièce in 3 acts imitée de l'anglais (with Francis [Cornu] and Alexandre [Armand d'Artois]), Paris, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, October 16, 1832
  • Le Savetier de Toulouse , Drame in 4 acts (with Francis [Cornu], music by M. Adrien), Paris, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, October 20, 1832
  • Le Septuagénaire, ou les Deux Naissances , Drame in 4 acts (with Gustave Albitte, music by Alexandre Piccini), Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, August 12, 1834
  • La Grande Duchesse , Drame lyrique in 3 acts (with Mélesville , music by Michele Carafa ), Paris, Opéra-Comique, November 16, 1835
personal data
SURNAME Camus, Pierre-François
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merville (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French playwright and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Pontoise
DATE OF DEATH 1853
Place of death Belleville (Paris)