Armand Croizette

Armand Croizette (1766, Lyon - 21 January 1841, Versailles city)^[1] was a French librettiste and playwright.

Biography[]

A dramaturge at the Théâtre du Vaudeville^[2] then at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu,^[3] his plays were performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre des Variétés, and the Théâtre de la Gaité.

Works[]

• 1797: Arlequin protégé par la fortune, ou le Riche du moment, comedy in 3 acts, in prose
• 1800: Maria, ou, La forêt de Limberg, drama in three acts in prose, with Hector Chaussier, Fleureau de Ligny and Armand-François Chateauvieux
• 1801: Le Masque tombé, ou le Bal de l'Opéra, comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with P.G.A. Bonel and Chateauvieux
• 1802: Les Aveugles de Franconville, opera in 1 act, with Chateauvieux
• 1802: Gille en deuil, opera in 1 act, with Marc-Antoine Désaugiers and Jacques-André Jacquelin
• 1803: L'Ivrogne et sa femme, comédie-parade in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Joseph Ernest Sutton de Clonard
• 1808: M. Dupinceau, ou le Peintre d'enseignes, facétie, with Antoine Simonnin
• 1819: La Pièce en perce, comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudeville, with Edmond Crosnier and Chateauvieux

Bibliography[]

• Wilhelm Fleischer, Dictionnaire de bibliographie Française: Ap - Bh, vol.2, 1812, (p. 4769)
• Mémoires de la Société historique et archéologique de l'arrondissement de Pontoise et du Vexin, vol.20-22, 1898, (p. 60)

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