Charles Henry Charlot de Courcy (22 August 1834[1] – 12 December 1917[2]) was a 19th-century French dramatist and journalist.

Charles de Courcy
Charles de Courcy (atelier Nadar)
Born22 August 1836
Passy, Paris
Died12 December 1917(1917-12-12) (aged 81)
Occupation(s)Dramatists
Journalist

He was the son of dramatist, poet and chansonnier Frédéric de Courcy (1796–1862).

A journalist at L'Illustration, his plays were presented, among others, at the Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Comédie-française.

Works

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  • 1853: Un Merlan en bonne fortune, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Charles Labie and Varin
  • 1853: La Pompadour des Porcherons, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Labie
  • 1858: Entre Hommes, pochade in 1 acte, mingled with couplets
  • 1860: Daniel Lambert, drama in 5 acts, en prose
  • 1861: Les Histoires du café de Paris, Michel Lévy
  • 1861: Le Chemin le plus long, comedy in 3 acts, in prose
  • 1862: Diane de Valneuil, comedy in 5 acts, in prose
  • 1865: La Marieuse, comedy in 2 acts, with Lambert-Thiboust
  • 1872: Les Vieilles Filles, comedy in 5 acts, in prose, with Victorien Sardou
  • 1876: Andrette, comedy in 1 act, in prose
  • 1876: Mademoiselle Didier, 4-act play, in prose, with Eugène Nus
  • 1881: Madame de Navaret, 3-act play, with Eugène Nus
  • 1882: Un mari malgré lui, 1-act comedy, with E. Nus
  • 1883: Toujours !, 1 act comedy
  • 1890: Une Conversion, 1-act comedy, in prose

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References

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  1. ^ Fichier des naissances de la Ville de Paris, fiche n° 18/51. Archived 2016-08-22 at the Wayback Machine Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil reconstitué.
  2. ^ Courrier des théâtres : Nécrologie. Le Figaro, 15 décembre 1917, p. 3, available at Gallica.
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