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Édouard-Joseph-Ennemond Mazères (11 September 1796, Paris - 19 March 1866, Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
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A son of a French colonist of Saint-Domingue, he studied in Paris then joined the army. Lieutenant of infantry, he resigned in 1820 to concentrate on literature. He became Charles X's lecturer but had to leave the post during the July Revolution. In 1832, he was raised to the position of sous-préfet of Saint-Denis, then prefect of Ariège (1835), Aveyron (1837), Haute-Saône (1839) and Cher (1847-1848).
His plays, many of which he wrote with Eugène Scribe, were performed on the most important stages of the Parisian theatre of the XIXth century : Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de Madame, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Comédie-Française, Théâtre du Vaudeville, etc.