Auguste Duport, full name François Auguste Duport, (22 January 1777 – 5 September 1843) was a French playwright.
Auguste Duport | |
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| Born | François Auguste Duport 22 January 1777 |
| Died | 5 September 1843 (aged 66) |
Originally a carpenter, he embraced literature and his plays were performed at the Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique, at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique and at the Théâtre-Français.
Selected works
edit- 1820 : Le Frère Philippe, opéra comique in one act, with Victor Dourlen
- 1824 : Le Beau-frère, ou la Veuve à deux maris, comédie-vaudeville in one act, with Paul Duport and Amable de Saint-Hilaire,
- 1824 : Une journée de Charles V, comédie in one act and in prose, with P. Duport
- 1834 : Le Marchand forain, opéra-comique in three acte, with Eugène Planard
Bibliography
edit- Annuaire dramatique de la Belgique, volumes 5 à 6, 1843 (obituary) (Read online)