Saint-Amand (writer)

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Saint-Armand, real name Jean-Armand Lacoste, (17 November 1797 in Paris – 13 January 1885 in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright.

Saint-Armand wrote the famous drama l’Auberge des Adrets in collaboration with Benjamin Antier and Polyanthe.

Works

  • La Folle de Toulon, three-act drama, mingled with songs ;
  • Marie Rose ou la nuit de Noël, three-act drama, with Adrien Payn, 1832 ;
  • Moellen ou l’Enfant du bonheur, tableau populaire in 1 act, mingled with couplets ;
  • L’Oraison de Saint Julien, three-act comédie en vaudeville ;
  • Péblo ou Le jardinier de Valence, three-act melodrama.

Sources

  • Georges d’Heylli, Gazette anecdotique, littéraire, artistique et bibliographique, t. 1, Paris, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1885, (p. 56)