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French playwright (1780–1864)
Antoine-Marie Coupart
Born 13 June 1780 Died 19 October 1864(1864-10-19) (aged 84)Paris
Occupation(s) Playwright, chansonnier
Antoine-Marie Coupart (13 June 1780 – 19 October 1864) was an early 19th-century French
playwright and
chansonnier , as well as a
dramaturge at the
Théâtre du Palais Royal (1831–1864).
Biography
At first an employee in the administration of military transport in Paris and
Liège (1796–1798), he joined then the office of newspapers and theaters and the Ministry of Police where he became deputy chief in 1813. He worked with the same title at the Ministry of the interior in 1820 and became head of that office in 1824. After he was put on retirement in 1829, he worked as secretary general of the
Paris Opera .
From 1822 to 1836, he was responsible for the publication of the Almanach des spectacles (twelve volumes).
His
plays were presented at the
Théâtre des Variétés and at the
Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in Paris.
Works
1803: Lucile ou l'amant à l'épreuve , comedy in 1 act and in prose
1804: Toujours le même ,
vaudeville in 1 act, with
Joseph Servières
1804: Les trois n'en font qu'un , vaudeville in 1 act, with Servières
1805: Les Nouvelles métamorphoses , vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Servières
1814: Vive la paix ! ou le Retour au village ,
impromptu in 1 act, mingled with songs and danses, with
E. F. Varez
1815: Voilà notre bouquet ! ou le Cabinet littéraire , impromptu-vaudeville in 1 act, with Varez
1819: Le Passe-partout , comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with
Jean-Antoine-Marie Monperlier
1820: Levez la toile ! , pièce épisodique in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Jacquelin
1821: Le Baptême, ou la Double fête , vaudeville in 1 act
1822: Un trait de bienfaisance, ou la Fête d'un bon maire , à-propos in 1 act mingled with
couplets , with Varez
1823: L'Aubergiste malgré lui , comédie proverbe, with
Nicolas Brazier and
Théodore Nézel
1823: Le Passage militaire, ou la Désertion par honneur , entertainment in 1 act, with Jacquelin
1823: Fête à la halle ! ou le Retour de nos braves , tableau épisodique in 1 act, with Jacquelin
1824: La fête d'automne , tableau villageois in 1 act, with Jacquelin and Varez
1824: Le Retour d'un brave , vaudeville in 1 act, with Jacquelin and Varez
1825: L'Entrée à Reims , entertainment in 1 act, with
Jacques-André Jacquelin and
Armand Joseph Overnay
1825: Le Petit postillon de Fimes, ou Deux fêtes pour une , à propos historique in 1 act, with Jacquelin
1826: Le Fils de l'invalide ,
one-act play , mingled with couplets, with Jacquelin and Varez
1829: La comédie au château , one-act play mingled with couplets, with Jacquelin and Varez
1830: Chansons d'un employé mis à la retraite
undated: Couplets chantés le 22 juillet 1827, à Soisy-sous-Étiolles, à l'occasion de la fête de Marguerite G
undated: Souvenir du 11 juin 1842
1854: Couplets d'inauguration de la société de la Chopinette, fondée par les artistes du théâtre du Palais-Royal, chantés le 6 janvier 1855
Bibliography
François-Joseph Fétis , Biographie universelle des musiciens , vol.3-4, 1837, (p. 205) (
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Gustave Vapereau , L'année littéraire et dramatique , 1865, (p. 374)
Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains , 1865, (p. 435) (
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Ludovic Lalanne , Dictionnaire historique de la France , 1872, (p. 596) (
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