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French playwright and poet
Gaston de Montheau |
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_25_-_Montheau_02.jpg/220px-P%C3%A8re-Lachaise_-_Division_25_-_Montheau_02.jpg) Gaston de Montheau's grave at the Père Lachaise Cemetery (25th division) |
Born | 19 January 1828
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Died | 16 February 1867(1867-02-16) (aged 39)
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Occupation(s) | playwright, poet |
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Gaston de Montheau, full name Guy Joseph Gaston de Montheau, (19 January 1828 – 16 February 1867) was a 19th-century French playwright and poet.
His
plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century including the
Théâtre des Variétés,
Théâtre de la Gaîté,
Théâtre du Vaudeville,
Théâtre-Français.
Works
- Passe-temps de duchesse, comedy in 1 act, in prose
- 1851: La Course au plaisir,
revue of the year 1851, in 2 acts and 3
tableaux, with
Michel Delaporte and
Théodore Muret
- 1851: Mignon, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with song
- 1851: Les Trois âges des Variétés, panorama dramatique in 1 act, in verses, mingled with
couplets
- 1852: Un Homme de cinquante ans, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act
- 1852: Les Reines des bals publics, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Delaporte
- 1853: La Forêt de Sénart, drama in 3 acts
- 1853: Les Femmes du monde, comédie vaudeville in 5 acts, with
Eugène Cormon and
Eugène Grangé
- 1853: La Fille de Madame Grégoire, vaudeville in 1 act, with Delaporte
- 1854: Brelan de maris, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with
Laurencin
- 1854: M. Bannelet, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with
Charles Nuitter
- 1854: Où passerai-je mes soirées, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with
Charles Potier
- 1856: Le Fils de la France, cantata
- 1862: A Pie IX (8 juin 1862), ode
Bibliography
- Stéphane Vachon, 1850, tombeau d'Honoré de Balzac, 2007, (p. 95)