Henri Horace Meyer (17 May 1801 – 2 February 1870) was a 19th-century French dramatist and novelist.
Henri Horace Meyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1801 |
| Died | 2 February 1870 (aged 68) |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, novelist |
Managing director of the Théâtre de la Gaîté from 1839 to 1847, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.
In 1839, he witnessed the attack on 12 and 13 May. [1]
Works
edit- 1834: Le Doigt de Dieu, drama in 1 act
- 1836: Amazampo, ou la Découverte du quinquina, drama in 4 acts and 7 tableaux
- 1836: L'Empereur et le soldat, ou le 5 mai 1821, souvenirs contemporains
- 1837: La fille d'un militaire, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Laurencin
- 1837: Richard Moor, drama in 4 acts, preceded by Une heure trop tard, prologue in 1 act
- 1838: Samuel le marchand, drama in 5 acts, with Louis Gabriel Montigny
- 1838: Candinot, roi de Rouen, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hugues Bouffé, Charles-Hippolyte Dubois-Davesnes and Eugène Moreau
- 1839: Le Sylphe d'or, pièce fantastique in 3 acts, preceded by a prologue, with Montigny
- 1840: La Famille Dulaure, drame-vaudeville in 1 act
- 1840: Un moment d'ambition, ou Plus de peur que de mal, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act
- 1844: Le Mannequin du prince, drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Benjamin Antier
- 1850: Le sac à malices, féerie in 3 acts and 25 tableaux
- 1854: Harry-le-Diable, historical drama in 3 acts, with Narcisse Fournier
- 1854: La Partie de piquet, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier
- 1855: Jocelin le garde-côte, drama in 5 acts, with Fournier
- 1855: Le Mal de la peur, comedy in 1 act
- 1855: Penicaut le somnambule, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier
- 1857: Le Beau-père, comedy in 1 act
- 1858: M. Candaule, ou le Roi des maris, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier
- 1860: Le Chef de la Bande Noire, novel
- 1860: Une voix du ciel, comedy in 1 act, with Fournier
- 1861: Les Traboucayres, ou les chauffeurs de la montagne, drama in 5 acts and 9 tableaux, with Fournier
- 1861: Chassé-croisé, comedy in 1 act, with Fournier
- 1861: La Fille de l'armurier ou les Pays-Bas en 1482, novel
- 1862: Le portefeuille rouge, drama in 5 acts with a prologue, with Fournier
- 1863: Le Père Lefeutre, comédie-vaudeville in 4 acts, with Fournier
- 1863: Les ruines du château noir, drama in 9 tableaux, including a prologue, with Fournier
- 1865: Le Supplice de Paniquet, comedy in 1 act, with Fournier and Gustave Bondon
- 1876: Les Dumacheff, ou le Cocher fidèle, parodie de la pièce de l'Odéon : Les Danicheff, in 1 act and 2 tableaux, with Émile Desbeaux, posth.
References
edit- ^ Cour des pairs. Attentat des 12 et 13 mai 1839, p. 353 (Read his testimony online)