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Clairville | |
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![]() Caricature of Clairville published in Le Trombinosocope of
Touchatout, 1874 | |
Born | 28 January 1811 |
Died | 9 February 1879 Paris | (aged 68)
Occupation(s) | Comedian Poet Chansonnier |
Louis-François-Marie Nicolaïe (28 January 1811 [1] – 8 February 1879 [2]), better known as Clairville, was a 19th-century French comedian, poet, chansonnier, goguettier and playwright.
Son of the Lyonese playwright and stage manager Alexandre-Henri Nicolaïe dit Clairville (died 1832), [3] he began in 1821 in Paris at the Luxembourg Theater as actor with Madame Saqui, then as stage manager and finally, from 1837, exclusively as playwright. [4] He later joined the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, playing small roles and developed his craft as a playwright, finding that to be his true vocation.[ citation needed] He first conceived a revue titled 1836 dans la lune, the success of which would launch his career.[ citation needed] His plays included comedies, serious plays, revues, féeries, satires and parodies.[ citation needed]
He is credited with at least 230 miscellaneous pieces of which 50 have reached one hundred representations followed. [5] He was particularly known for his comédies en vaudeville.[ citation needed] He was assisted, from the beginning of his career, by his friend Edward Miot. His group of his collaborators grew to include Dumanoir, Dennery, Nicot and Cordier.[ citation needed] They drew inspiration from the news of the day.[ citation needed] Clairville collaborated with other authors, including the Cogniard brothers, Lambert-Thiboust, Paul Siraudin, Victor Koning, Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru, Édouard Plouvier, Alfred Delacour for plays and operettas.[ citation needed]
Clairville was an active member of the fourth Société du Caveau, of which he was president in 1871.[ citation needed]
"Clarville doesn't not compose, he makes ... kind of literary thrift store, where old threadbare words and buried puns are dressed to the nine," wrote Henri Rochefort; but he added, "not an administrative measure, not a weird ad, not a new invention that Mr. Clarville has not set in a script or turned into couplets. This is the man of the review and parody par excellence."[ citation needed]
In 1853, he published Chansons et Poésies, a collection of rhymes, from the ribald songs, "which are sung in the desert" according to Albert Blanquet, to the touching simplicity of the poems.[ citation needed] He was awarded the cross of Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1857.[ citation needed]
In 1870, he composed the song Les Deux Canailles, [6] in response to the song [7] La Canaille by Alexis Bouvier. In 1871, he wrote at least two anti- communard songs: L'Internationale [8] where he gave his vision of the "Internationale ouvrière" as a collection of bandits,[ citation needed] and La Commune [9] in which he called for the massacre of Communards.[ citation needed]
Clairville died of pneumonia on 8 February 1879. [10] [11] [12] After the funeral at Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile in Paris on 10 February, he was buried at Montmartre Cemetery. [13]
Clairville had two sons. The composer Édouard-François Nicolaïe, known as Clairville fils (1854–1904) was from his marriage with Angélique Gabrielle Pagès. Charles-Albert Nicolaïe, known as "Clairvoyance" (1833–1892), an employee at the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, was born of an affair with Augustine Philippon.[ citation needed] Claiville was the uncle of the playwright and librettist Charles-Victor Nicolaïe, known as Charles Clairville (1855-1927).[ citation needed]
Clairville's plays written in collaboration with leading playwrights of his time or that continue to be presented, include the following:
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2016) |
Clairville | |
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![]() Caricature of Clairville published in Le Trombinosocope of
Touchatout, 1874 | |
Born | 28 January 1811 |
Died | 9 February 1879 Paris | (aged 68)
Occupation(s) | Comedian Poet Chansonnier |
Louis-François-Marie Nicolaïe (28 January 1811 [1] – 8 February 1879 [2]), better known as Clairville, was a 19th-century French comedian, poet, chansonnier, goguettier and playwright.
Son of the Lyonese playwright and stage manager Alexandre-Henri Nicolaïe dit Clairville (died 1832), [3] he began in 1821 in Paris at the Luxembourg Theater as actor with Madame Saqui, then as stage manager and finally, from 1837, exclusively as playwright. [4] He later joined the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, playing small roles and developed his craft as a playwright, finding that to be his true vocation.[ citation needed] He first conceived a revue titled 1836 dans la lune, the success of which would launch his career.[ citation needed] His plays included comedies, serious plays, revues, féeries, satires and parodies.[ citation needed]
He is credited with at least 230 miscellaneous pieces of which 50 have reached one hundred representations followed. [5] He was particularly known for his comédies en vaudeville.[ citation needed] He was assisted, from the beginning of his career, by his friend Edward Miot. His group of his collaborators grew to include Dumanoir, Dennery, Nicot and Cordier.[ citation needed] They drew inspiration from the news of the day.[ citation needed] Clairville collaborated with other authors, including the Cogniard brothers, Lambert-Thiboust, Paul Siraudin, Victor Koning, Henri Chivot and Alfred Duru, Édouard Plouvier, Alfred Delacour for plays and operettas.[ citation needed]
Clairville was an active member of the fourth Société du Caveau, of which he was president in 1871.[ citation needed]
"Clarville doesn't not compose, he makes ... kind of literary thrift store, where old threadbare words and buried puns are dressed to the nine," wrote Henri Rochefort; but he added, "not an administrative measure, not a weird ad, not a new invention that Mr. Clarville has not set in a script or turned into couplets. This is the man of the review and parody par excellence."[ citation needed]
In 1853, he published Chansons et Poésies, a collection of rhymes, from the ribald songs, "which are sung in the desert" according to Albert Blanquet, to the touching simplicity of the poems.[ citation needed] He was awarded the cross of Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1857.[ citation needed]
In 1870, he composed the song Les Deux Canailles, [6] in response to the song [7] La Canaille by Alexis Bouvier. In 1871, he wrote at least two anti- communard songs: L'Internationale [8] where he gave his vision of the "Internationale ouvrière" as a collection of bandits,[ citation needed] and La Commune [9] in which he called for the massacre of Communards.[ citation needed]
Clairville died of pneumonia on 8 February 1879. [10] [11] [12] After the funeral at Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile in Paris on 10 February, he was buried at Montmartre Cemetery. [13]
Clairville had two sons. The composer Édouard-François Nicolaïe, known as Clairville fils (1854–1904) was from his marriage with Angélique Gabrielle Pagès. Charles-Albert Nicolaïe, known as "Clairvoyance" (1833–1892), an employee at the Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris, was born of an affair with Augustine Philippon.[ citation needed] Claiville was the uncle of the playwright and librettist Charles-Victor Nicolaïe, known as Charles Clairville (1855-1927).[ citation needed]
Clairville's plays written in collaboration with leading playwrights of his time or that continue to be presented, include the following: