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French poet, playwright and journalist (1776–1843)
Maurice Ourry
Born
Bruyères-le-Châtel 19 October 1776
Died 19 February 1843(1843-02-19) (aged 66) Occupation(s) Playwright, journalist, poet
Maurice Ourry (19 October 1776 – 19 February 1843) was a French poet, playwright and journalist.
Biography
After his studies at the
College of Juilly , he moved to Paris in 1794. His career was launched with his first
vaudeville , La Danse interrompue , which obtained an important success. But the
plays that followed, even if numerous, would not equal the success of the first.
An editor by the Journal des arts and the
Journal de Paris of which he became chief editor, after the cessation of the newspaper, he founded the Nouveau journal de Paris , solely dedicated to the arts and literature. He also participated to the 'Encyclopédie des gens du monde and to the Dictionnaire de la conversation .
His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the
Théâtre des Variétés , the
Théâtre du Vaudeville , and the
Théâtre de la Gaîté .
A member of the
Caveau Moderne [
fr ] and the Soupers de Momus , seriously ill, he died from an operation in 1843.
Works
La danse interrompue , vaudeville in 1 act, with
Pierre-Yves Barré , 1795
La Ligue des femmes ou le Roman de la rose , comédie anecdotique in 1 act, in prose mingled with
vaudevilles , with de Chazet, 1807
Le Loup-garou , comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with
couplets , with
Francis baron d'Allarde , 1807
Quitte à quitte, ou les Jeunes vieillards , comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, 1807
Les Amours de Braillard, ou Tout le monde en veut , imitation burlesque des Amours de Bayard by Monvel, in 1 act, in prose, mingled with couplets, 1808
Le Mari juge et partie , comédy in 1 act and in verses, with de Chazet, 1808
Monsieur Asinard ou Le volcan de Montmartre , 1809
M. Asinard ou Le Volcan de Montmartre , folie in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with de Chazet, 1809
Le fils par hasard, ou Ruse et folie , comedy in 5 acts, in prose, with de Chazet, 1809
Le Jardin, turc , folie in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 1809
Les baladines , imitation burlesque des Bayadères by Jouy, folie in 1 act, in prose, mingled with couplets, 1810
Le mai d'amour ou Le rival complaisant , 1810
Les commissionnaires , 1-act comedy, 1810
Prologue des Ruines de Rome , 1810
Le Mai d'amour, ou le Rival complaisant , comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with couplets, with de Chazet, 1810
Les Époux de trois jours, ou J'enlève ma femme , 2-act comedy in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Commagny, 1810
L'Acteur dans sa loge , prologue à travestissements, mingled with couplets, with François-Marie
Mayeur de Saint-Paul , 1810
Mahomet Barbe-bleue , imitation burlesque de Mahomet II ,
one-act play in prose, mingled with couplets, with
Jean-Toussaint Merle , 1811
Prologue d'Arlequin cendrillon , 1811
Les Sabines de Limoges, ou l'Enlèvement singulier , vaudeville héroïque in 1 act, with
Philibert Rozet and Henri Simon, 1811
L'Enfant prodigue, ou le Panier percé , folie in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 1811
Les Hommes femmes , folie in 1 act mingled with couplets, with de Chazet, 1811
Irons-nous à Paris ? ou Revue de l'an 1810 , vaudeville in 1 act, with Merle, 1811
Ode sur la naissance du roi de Rome , 1811
Saphirine, ou le Réveil magique , mélo-féerie in 2 acts
extravaganza , preceded by the Livre du destin,
prologue , with Merle, 1811
Une journée de garnison , comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Merle, 1812
Paris volant, ou la Fabrique d'ailes , folie-épisodique in 1 act in prose and vaudevilles, with Théaulon, 1812
Crispin financier , comedy in 1 act, with Merle, 1812
La Chevalière d'Éon, ou les Parieurs anglais , comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudeville, with Commagny, 1812
L'Anglais à Bagdad , comédie-anecdote in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with
Charles-François-Jean-Baptiste Moreau de Commagny , 1812
La Famille mélomane , comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with de Chazet, 1812
La Houillière de Beaujonc, ou les Mineurs ensevelis , grand historical
tableau vivant , 1812
Jérusalem déshabillée , parody in un act, in prose and vaudevilles by the opéra de Baour-Lormian, with Commagny and
Emmanuel Théaulon , 1812
La Jeunesse de Henri IV ou La Chaumière béarnaise , one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with
Nicolas Brazier and Merle, 1814
L'Habit de Catinat, ou La Journée de Marseille , one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Merle, 1814
La Batelière du Loiret , one-act comedy, mingled with vaudevilles, with
René de Chazet , 1815
Malesherbes à St-Denis , poème élégiaque, 1815
La fille grenadier , one-act comedy, with Merle, 1816
Poèmes, poésies fugitives, romances, chansons , 1817
Soirées dramatiques de Jérôme le porteur d'eau , 1817
Épître au Roi , 1818
La Leçon d'amour, ou le Rival complaisant , one-act comedy, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Merle, 1818
La France délivrée , ode, 1818
La Maison de Pantin , one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with Merle, 1818
Et nous aussi nous chantons les vêpres, ou Fanfan Laqueue aux Vêpres siciliennes by
Casimir Delavigne , 1820
Pierre, Paul et Jean , comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with
Charles-Augustin Sewrin , 1821
Monsieur Blaise, ou les Deux Châteaux , two-act comedy, mingled with vaudevilles, with Sewrin, 1821
La Peste de Barcelonne ou le Dévouement français , poem, 1821
La Morale du Vaudeville , chansonnier à l'usage des enfants et jeunes gens des deux sexes, 1822
Thompson et Garrick, ou l'Auteur et l'acteur , comedy in 1 act and in verses, mingled with vaudevilles, with Jacquelin, 1822
Ninette à la Cour , play by
Favart , revival with changes, with
Armand d'Artois , 1822
Les mauvaises têtes , one-act comedy, with Sewrin, 1823
L'Écarté, ou Un lendemain de bal , one-act comedy, mingled with vaudevilles, with de Chazet and
Jacques-André Jacquelin , 1822
Les Funérailles de Louis XVIII , stances, 1824
Le nouveau caveau pour 1825
Le Sacre de Charles X , ode, 1825
Les Bourbons et la France , poems, odes, stances, epistles, etc., followed by the translation in verses of
The Rape of the Lock , by
Alexander Pope , 1826
Voltaire à Francfort , anecdotical comedy in 1 act, with Brazier, 1831
L'Enfance de Boïeldieu ,
opéra comique and anecdotical in 1 act, 1834
Conquêtes de l'homme, le puits artésien de Grenelle , poème lyrique, 1841
Épître à Mlle Mars sur l'annonce de sa retraite , 1841
Chants et chansons populaires de la France , with
Théophile Marion Dumersan ,
Paul Lacroix and
Antoine Le Roux de Lincy , 1843
Bibliography
Louis Gabriel Michaud , Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne , 1860, (p. 512)
Gustave Vapereau , Dictionnaire universel des littératures , 1884
Lieven d'Hulst, Cent ans de théorie française de la traduction , 1990, (p. 187)
Honours
International National People Other