Aristide Letorzec more known under the pen name Lajariette (Nantes, 1808 – Paris, 18 November 1848) was a 19th-century French playwright and Pierre-Constant Letorzec [fr]'s brother.

Short biography

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Among other plays, he made his actor debut in Zara ou la Sœur de l'Arabe (1837) or Geneviève de Brabant (1838) at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, before his own plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville.

Letorzec was managing director of the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques from 1843 until his death.

Works

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  • 1839: Allons à la chaumière, vaudeville in 1 act, with Edmond-Frédéric Prieur
  • 1843: Un mauvais père, drama in 3 acts, mingled with song, with Lubize
  • 1843: La Première Cause, drama in 3 acts
  • 1844: Paris diabolique, vaudeville in 1 act
  • 1845: Les Enfants du facteur, drama in 3 acts, with Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé
  • 1845: L'Homme et la Mode, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lubize
  • 1845: Parlez au portier, vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe d'Ennery
  • 1845: Les Ruines de Vaudémont, four-act drama, with Boulé
  • 1848: L'Ange de ma tante, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Alfred Delacour

Bibliography

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  • Joseph Marie Quérard, Les Supercheries littéraires dévoilées, 1850, p. 360.
  • Joseph Marie Quérard, Félix Bourquelot, Charles Louandre, La Littérature française contemporaine. XIX, 1854, p. 123.
  • J.M. Quérard, La France littéraire, 1857, p. 249.
  • Henri Rossi, Le Diable dans le vaudeville au XIXe, 2003, p. 27.