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French playwright and librettist
Philippe François Pinel , known as Dumanoir (31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist.
Biography
Dumanoir was born in
Capesterre-Belle-Eau , Guadeloupe. He was the son of Mrs. Pinel-Dumanoir, whose family planted the palm trees lining the Allée Dumanoir in Guadeloupe.
[1] He left Guadeloupe in 1816. Dumanoir wrote in the theatrical genre of
Comédie en vaudevilles . He was director of the
Théâtre des Variétés from 1837 to 1839. In 1844, he wrote in collaboration with
Adolphe d'Ennery , an eponymous drama about
Don César de Bazan , one of the characters in
Ruy Blas by
Victor Hugo .
He died in
Pau .
List of major works
Le Petit Poucet by M M Dumanoir and Clairvile; Le général Tom Pouce au Théatre du Vaudeville.
[2]
Plays
1842: Le Chevalier d'Éon , comedy in 3 acts, (with
Jean-François Bayard ),
Théâtre des Variétés
1839: Les Premières Armes de Richelieu
[3] (with Jean-François Bayard),
Théâtre du Palais Royal
1840: Indiana et Charlemagne (with Jean-François Bayard), Théâtre du Palais Royal
1842: Ma maîtresse et ma femme ,
[4] comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, (with
Adolphe d'Ennery ), Théâtre des Variétés
1843: Les Hures-Graves (with
Clairville and
Paul Siraudin ), Théâtre du Palais Royal
1844:
Don César de Bazan [
fr ] (with Adolphe d'Ennery),
Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin
1845: Le Code des femmes , Théâtre du Palais Royal
1846: Gentil-Bernard ou L'Art d'aimer (with Clairville), Théâtre des Variétés
1849:
Exposition des produits de la République [
fr ] ,
comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts (with
Eugène Labiche and Clairville), Théâtre du Palais Royal
1853: La Case de l'oncle Tom ,
[5] (with Adolphe d'Ennery),
Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
1857: Les Bourgeois gentilshommes , comedy in 3 acts, in prose,
Théâtre du Gymnase
1862: Les Invalides du mariage , comedy in 3 acts (with Lafargue), Théâtre du Gymnase
Opera and ballet
Filmography
Don Caesar de Bazan , directed by
Robert G. Vignola (1915, based on the play Don César de Bazan )
Don Cesar, Count of Irun , directed by
Luise Kolm and
Jacob Fleck (Austria, 1918, based on the play Don César de Bazan )
The Adventurer , directed by
J. Gordon Edwards (1920, based on the play Don César de Bazan )
Rosita , directed by
Ernst Lubitsch (1923, based on the play Don César de Bazan )
The Spanish Dancer , directed by
Herbert Brenon (1923, based on the play Don César de Bazan )
Don Cesare di Bazan , directed by
Riccardo Freda (Italy, 1942, based on the play Don César de Bazan )
The Seventh Sword , directed by
Riccardo Freda (Italy, 1962, based on the play Don César de Bazan )
Decorations
References
Sources
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