Charles Ménétrier
Charles Ménétrier (born 1804 at Vimont (Calvados) - 19 May 1888) was a French theater critic as well as a playwright.
A journalist working for , L'Entr'acte, and the Revue et Gazette des Théâtres, and a friend of Camille Corot, [1] he wrote under the pen name Charles Listener. His plays were presented on the stage of the Gymnase-Enfantin.
Works[]
- 1833 : Caliban, par deux ermites de Ménilmontant rentrés dans le monde, with Édouard Pouyat
- 1836 : Le cœur d'une mère, one-act comédie en vaudeville, with Xavier Veyrat
- 1837 : Le Nabab, ou la Sœur des anges, one-act comedy, mingled with songs
- 1840 : Arthur de Bretagne, épisode de l'histoire d'Angleterre (1202), in 1 act, mingled with songs
- 1841 : Un bal d'enfants, one-act comédie en vaudeville
- 1842 : Les Enfants d'Armagnac, épisode de l'histoire de Paris, 1418, in 1 act migled with songs
- 1876 : Galerie historique de la Comédie Française pour servir de complément à la Troupe de Talma, with Edmond-Denis De Manne
Bibliography[]
- Pierre Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (suppl.), vol.17, 1888
- Georges d'Heylli, Dictionnaire des pseudonymes, 1977, (p. 256)
References[]
- ^ Rodolphe Walter, Élisabeth Foucart-Walter, Corot à Mantes, 1997, p. 48
External links[]
- Charls Ménétrier on Data.bnf.fr
Categories:
- 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- French theatre critics
- People from Calvados (department)
- 1804 births
- 1888 deaths
- Dramatist and playwright stubs
- French writer stubs