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Occupation librettist and dramatist Similar Jacques Offenbach, Michel Delaporte, Charles Paul de Kock, Niccolò Piccinni | ||
Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was an 19th-century French librettist and playwright.
Biography
After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee. He made his debut in the theatre in 1821, and in 1825 founded the opposition newspaper La nouveauté.
He is famous for being one of the founders of the Société des auteurs dramatiques of which he was vice-président for six years.
Many of his plays were performed on the most important Parisians stages of the XIXth century: Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre des Variétés etc.
Adolphe Dupeuty was his son.
References
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