Gustave Albitte (30 April 1812 [1] – 17 November 1898 [2]) was a 19th-century French playwright. He was the son of the conventional Jean-Louis Albitte le Jeune and a nephew of Antoine Louis Albitte l'Aîné. [3]
Gustave Albitte | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louis Gustave Salve 30 April 1812 |
| Died | 17 November 1898 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Playwright |
Besides the plays he wrote in collaboration for the Parisian scenes, he also authored two novels in the style of the 1830s, where elegant young leading a "fashionable" life are experiencing a "Wertherian fever". In addition, Albitte, who also was a lawyer, published a Cours de législation gouvernementale.
Works
edit- Le Musicien de Valence, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Antoine Simonnin, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 13 July 1834
- Le Septuagénaire, ou les Deux naissances, four-act drama, with Merville, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 12 August 1834
- Les Misères d'un timbalier, vaudeville in 1 act, with Lubize, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, July 1836
- Spectacle à la cour, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Lubize, Paris, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique, 25 November 1837
- L'Ouverture de la chasse, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Desvergers, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 9 September 1838
- Deux Femmes légères, folie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Desvergers and Maurice Alhoy, Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, 14 August 1839
- Mon voisin d'omnibus, vaudeville in 1 act, with Louis Dugard, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 18 July 1846
- L'Avocat pédicure, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Eugène Labiche and Auguste Lefranc, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 24 April 1847
- Novels
- Une Vie d'homme, croquis, 1832
- Un Clair de lune, rêverie, 1833
- Law
- Cours de législation gouvernementale, et études scientifiques sur les gouvernements de la France, depuis 1789 jusqu'à nos jours, 1835