Armand Joseph Overnay
Armand Joseph Overnay | |
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| Born | 1 November 1798 |
| Died | 14 September 1869 (aged 70) Paris |
| Occupation | Playwright, chansonnier |
Armand Joseph Overnay (1 November 1798 – 14 September 1869) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright.
He was a son of the chansonnier Nicolas Jean Marie Overnay (born in 1769), one of the members of the , and an examiner of dramatic works. Armand Joseph Overnay's plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre du Gymnase, and the .
Works[]
- 1819: Les Bolivars et les Morillos, caricatures in action, in 1 act mingled with vaudevilles, with Gabriel de Lurieu
- 1820: Le Mari confident, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean Berrier and E. F. Varez
- 1821: L'Épicurien malgré lui, vaudeville in 1 act, with Berrier
- 1823: Les Deux Lucas, vaudeville in 1 act, with Berrier
- 1823: Fanny, melodrama in 3 acts, [extravaganza]], with Lamarque de Saint-Victor
- 1824: Félix et Roger, one-act play, with Berrier and Hippolyte Lévesque
- 1825: L'Entrée à Reims, divertissement in 1 act, with Antoine-Marie Coupart and Jacques-André Jacquelin
- 1825: Les Deux réputations, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Nézel
- 1826: Six mois de constance, comédy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Nézel and Berrier
- 1826: Le Banqueroutier, melodrama in 3 acts, with Nézel
- 1826: La Couturière, drama in 3 acts, with Nézel
- 1826: La Nuit des noces, drama in 3 acts, with Nézel
- 1826: La dame voilée, comedy in 3 acts, with Berrier and Nézel
- 1826: La Chambre de Clairette, ou les Visites par la fenêtre, vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel
- 1827: Cartouche, melodrama in 3 acts, with Nézel
- 1827: Sainte-Périne, ou l'Asile des vieillards, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Théaulon and Eugène de Lamerlière
- 1828: Le Chasseur noir, melodrama in 3 acts extravaganza, with Benjamin Antier, Frédérick Lemaître and Nézel
- 1830: Les lanciers et les marchandes de modes, one-act play, mingled with couplets, with Antier, Nézel and Varez
- 1830: Je ne chanterai plus ou Les derniers moments d'un épicurien, romance, adagio
- 1831: John Bull, ou le Chaudronnier anglais, play in 2 acts, with Nézel and Varez
- 1831: La Fille unique, vaudeville in 1 act, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont and Saint-Amand
- 1831: Le Watchman, drama in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with Antier and Adrien Payn
- 1831: Le Tir et le restaurant, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel and Payn
- 1831: Les Fous dramatiques, vaudeville in 1 act, with Saint-Amand
- 1833: Marie-Rose, ou la Nuit de Noël, drama in 3 acts, with Saint-Amand and Payn
- 1834: Judith et Holopherne, an episode of the first war of Spain, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Nézel
- 1835: L'heure du rendez-vous
- 1835: Un talisman sous M. de Sartines, vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel
- 1836: Le Doyen de Killerine, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, after the novel by abbé Prévost, with Payn
- 1837: Lebel, ou Le premier valet de chambre, comédie-vaudeville en un act
- 1838: L'Enfant de Paris, ou Misère et liberté, vaudeville in 1 act, with Nézel
- 1840: La Peur du tonnerre, vaudeville in 1 act, with Payn
- 1846: Souvenir de l'Empire, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts
- 1850: Les Deux célibats, comedy in 3 acts, in prose, with Jules de Wailly
- 1850: La famille du mari, comedy in 3 acts, with de Wailly
- 1851: Contre fortune bon cœur, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with de Wailly
See also[]
Bibliography[]
- Joseph Marie Quérard, Félix Bourquelot, Charles Louandre, La littérature française contemporaine. XIXe siècle, 1854, p. 569-570
- , Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (suppl.), vol.16, 1864
- Jules Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs à l'amour, aux femmes, 1872, p. 397
Categories:
- 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- French chansonniers
- 1798 births
- Writers from Paris
- 1853 deaths