Henri de Tully
Henry de Tully | |
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| Born | Jules-Henry de Tully 1 May 1798 Paris, France |
| Died | 12 July 1846 (aged 48) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Librettist, plawright |
Jules-Henry de Tully (1 May 1798 – 12 July 1846) was a French librettist and playwright.
Life
A deputy Commissioner of the king at the Monnaie de Paris, a member of the Société Lyrique,[1] an administrator of the Théâtre du Luxembourg,[2] he was co-founder of the Théâtre Beaumarchais (1835) with Théodore Ferdinand Vallou de Villeneuve.[3]
His theatre plays, often signed with the collective pseudonym Charles Henri[4] were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville.
An editor at La Psyché, he also authored several songs.[5]
Works
- 1822: Les Dames Martin, ou le Mari, la femme et la veuve, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Gabriel-Alexandre Belle
- 1825: L'Exilé, vaudeville in 2 acts, after Old Mortality by Walter Scott, with Théodore Anne and Achille d'Artois
- 1827: Le Mari par intérim, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Fulgence de Bury and Charles Nombret Saint-Laurent
- 1827: L'Orpheline et l'héritière, comédie en vaudevilles en 2 acts, with Théodore Anne
- 1828: M. Rossignol, ou le Prétendu de province, folie-vaudeville en 1 act, with Félix-Auguste Duvert
- 1829: L'humoriste, vaudeville in 1 act, with Fulgence de Bury and Charles Dupeuty
- 1831: Le Fils du colonel, drama in 1 act, mingled with couplets
- 1831: La Plus belle nuit de la vie, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Desvergers and Charles Varin
- 1833: Le Singe et l'adjoint, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Duvert
- 1836: L'Amour et l'homoeopathie, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Adolphe Jadin and Alphonse Salin
- 1837: Le Chemin de fer de Saint-Germain, A-propos-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean Pierre Charles Perrot de Renneville
- 1837: Zizine, ou l'École de déclamation, vaudeville in 1 act
- 1939: Le Plus court chemin, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets
- 1840: Misère et génie, drama in 1 act, with A. Desroziers
- 1841: La Mère et l'enfant se portent bien, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Alfred Desroziers and Dumanoir
- 1844: Les fils de télémaque, vaudeville in 1 act, with Jautard
- 1848: Les Fils de Télémaque, vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand-Numa Jautard
- 1867: Qu'est c'que ça me fait, ou tout est pour le mieux, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, (posthumous)
Bibliography
- Joseph-Marie Quérard, Félix Bourquelot, Charles Louandre, La littérature française contemporaine. XIXe siècle, 1857, p. 506-507
- Philippe Chauveau, Les théâtres parisiens disparus: 1402-1986, 1999, p. 101, 367
References
- ^ Joseph-Marie Quérard, La France littéraire ou dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, historiens..., 1838, (p. 575)
- ^ L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, Vol.47, 1903, (p. 222)
- ^ Joseph Fr. Michaud,Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle, vol.85, 1862,(p. 551)
- ^ Pseudonym of Tully and Jean Pierre Charles Perrot de Renneville
- ^ Quérard, op.cit.
