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French writer and playwright (1782–1855)
Gabriel-Alexandre Belle
Born 4 March 1782 Died 20 October 1855(1855-10-20) (aged 73) Occupation(s) Playwright, writer
Gabriel-Alexandre Belle (4 March 1782 – 20 October 1855) was a 19th-century French writer and
playwright . Belle was honoured by being made a Chevalier of the
Légion d'honneur .
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Biography
A former commissioner of war, a member of the
Soupers de Momus , an editor at the La Nouveauté newspaper, Director of the magazine Discours prononcé à la séance publique de la Société académique des Enfans d'Apollon , his
plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:
Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin ,
Théâtre de la Gaîté ,
Théâtre du Vaudeville ,
Théâtre des Variétés etc.
Works
1807: La paix ou l'heureux retour , vaudeville in 1 act, with Paul Ledoux
1811: Ode, stances et pot-pourri sur la naissance de S. M. le Roi de Rome
1817: Femme à vendre, ou le Marché écossais , folie in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Paul Gentilhomme
1818: Crillon et Bussy d'Amboise , historical fact in 1 act, mingled with
couplets , with Gentilhomme
1818: M. Sans-Souci, ou le Peintre en prison , comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Paul Ledoux
1818: Le Retour à Valenciennes, ou Rentrons chez nous , vaudeville in 1 act, with
Armand Gouffé
1818: Karabi, ou l'île des piqures , vaudeville, with Gouffé
1819: Le Hussard et le Tambour , vaudeville, with Petit-maitre
1820: Monsieur Fougères, ou le Peintre du Marché-aux-Fleurs , vaudeville, with Gouffé
1821: Le fruit défendu , one-act vaudeville, with
François-Pierre-Auguste Léger
1821: Les Voleurs supposés , one-act
comédie en vaudevilles , with
W. Lafontaine and
Mélesville
1821: Le Bureau des nourrices , folie in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with
Frédéric Dupetit-Méré
1822: Amour et Caprice , vaudeville, with W. Lafontaine
1822: Les Dames Martin, ou le Mari, la femme et la veuve , one-act
comédie en vaudevilles , with W. Lafontaine and
Henri de Tully
1823: La Caserne, ou le Changement de garnison , tableau militaire in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with
Paul Ledoux
1824: La Fille du commissaire , vaudeville, with B. Antier
1824: Le Roi René, ou la Provence au 15e siècle , two-act
opéra comique , with
Sewrin
1824: La Tante et la nièce, ou C'était moi , one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Gouffé
1825: Le Point d'honneur , vaudeville in 1 act from the Contes by Adrien de Sarrasin, with
Benjamin Antier
1828: La Circulaire , comedy in 1 act and in prose, with
Jacques-André Jacquelin
Bibliography
Joseph-Marie Quérard , La littérature française contemporaine: XIXth century , vol.1, 1842, (p. 248-249)
Paul Chéron, Catalogue général de la librairie française au XIXth century , 1856, (p. 713)
References
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