E. F. Varez
Emmanuel François Varez called E. F. Varez (17 October 1780 – 8 September 1866) was an early 19th-century French playwright and novelist.
Born in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, Varez was a dramaturge at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique and the Théâtre de la Gaîté and his plays were presented, with some exceptions, on the stages of these two theatres.
He died in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Works[edit]
- Le Gourmand puni, comedy in 1 act, 1803
- La Fille coupable, repentante, melodrama in 3 acts, extravaganza, 1804
- Une journée de Frédéric II, roi de Prusse, comédie-anecdote, in 1 act and in prose, 1804
- Le Criminel invisible, novel, 2 vol, Lacourière, 1807
- Frédéric de Guéréhard, duc de Lorraine, novel, 2 vol, Masson, 1808
- L'Homme de la forêt, novel, 2 vol, Collin, 1808
- Métusko, ou les Polonais, melodrama in 3 acts, extravaganza, from the novel by Pigault-Lebrun, with Séville, 1808
- Frédéric duc de Nevers, melodrama in 3 acts, with Jean-Baptiste Mardelle, 1810, music by Henry Darondeau
- Hilberge l'amazone, ou les Monténégrins, pantomime in 3 acts, with Jean-Guillaume-Antoine Cuvelier, 1810
- Herminie ou la Chaumière allemande, melodrama in 3 acts, extravaganza, 1812
- Laissez-moi faire, ou la Soubrette officieuse, vaudeville in 1 act, with Armand Séville, 1813
- Une vengeance de l'amour, ballet-pantomime in 1 act, extravaganza, 1813
- Vive la paix ! ou le Retour au village, impromptu in 1 act, mingled with songs and danses, with Coupart, 1814
- Le Troubadour portugais, melodrama in 3 acts, extravaganza, 1815
- Voilà notre bouquet ! ou le Cabinet littéraire, impromptu-vaudeville in 1 act, with Coupart, 1815
- Retournons à Paris, comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Aimé Desprez, 1817
- Les Deux fugitifs, comedy in 2 acts, 1818
- Calas, drama in 3 acts and in prose, with Victor Ducange, 1819
- L'Ours et l'enfant, ou la Fille bannie, mimodrame in 3 acts, with Cuvelier, 1819
- Le Mari confident, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Overnay and Jean-François-Constant Berrier, 1820
- Sigismond, ou les Rivaux illustres, melodrama in 3 acts and extravaganza, 1820
- Le Baptême, ou la Double fête, vaudeville in 1 act, with Antoine-Marie Coupart, 1821
- La Famille irlandaise, melodrama in 3 acts, with Théodore Nézel, 1821
- Adieu la Chaussée-d'Antin, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Hippolyte Magnien, 1822
- Élodie, ou la Vierge du monastère, melodrama in 3 acts, 1822
- L'Inconnu, ou les Mystères, melodrama in 3 acts, 1822
- Un trait de bienfaisance, ou la Fête d'un bon maire, à-propos in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Coupart, 1822
- La Poule aux œufs d'or, ou l'Amour et la fortune, comédie-féerie in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, 1823
- Entre chien et loup, comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Magnien, 1824
- La Fête d'automne, tableau villageois in 1 act mingled with vaudevilles, with Coupart and Jacquelin, 1824
- Le Retour d'un brave, vaudeville in 1 act for the King's day, with Coupart and Jacquelin, 1824
- Le Petit postillon de Fimes, ou Deux fêtes pour une, historical à-propos in 1 act, with Coupart and Jacquelin, 1825
- Le Jour fatal, novel, Bouquin de La Souche, 1826
- Le Fils de l'invalide, one-act play, mingled with couplets, with Coupart, 1826
- La Demoiselle et la paysanne, comedy in 1 act and in prose, with Théodore Nézel, 1828
- Les lanciers et les marchandes de modes, one-act play, mingled with couplets, with Benjamin Antier, Nézel and Overnay, 1828
- La Comédie au château, one-act play, mingled with couplets, with Coupart and Jacques-André Jacquelin, 1829
- John Bull, ou le Chaudronnier anglais, play in 2 acts, with Nezel and Armand Joseph Overnay, 1830
- Tout pour ma fille, drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, mingled with couplets, with Charles Henri Ladislas Laurençot, Lubize and Petit, 1832
- Le Tartufe de village, vaudeville in 1 act, with Lubize and Petit, 1833
- Chambre à louer, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1834
- Le Château d'Oppenheim, novel, Bibliothèque de romans nouveaux, 1834
- Une partie de campagne, novel, Bibliothèque des romans nouveaux, 1834
- Le Fils de Ninon, drama in 3 acts, mingled with songs, with Jacques-Arsène-François-Polycarpe Ancelot et Hippolyte Rimbaut, 1834
- Eustache, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, 1839
Bibliography[edit]
- Joseph Marie Quérard, La France littéraire, vol. 10 (VAB-ZYG), 1839, p. 52–54.
- J. M. Quérard, Les Supercheries littéraires dévoilées, vol. 5 (1853), p. 396.
