Gustave Albitte

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Occupation Playwright
Full Name Louis Gustave Salve Born 30 April 1812 Reims Died 17 November 1898, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Gustave Albitte (30 April 1812 – 17 November 1898 ) was a 19th-century French playwright. He was the son of the conventional Jean-Louis Albitte le Jeune and a nephew of Antoine Louis Albitte l'Aîné.

Besides the plays he wrote in collaboration for the Parisian scenes, he also authored two novels in the style of the 1830s, where elegant young leading a "fashionable" life are experiencing a "Wertherian fever". In addition, Albitte, who also was a lawyer, published a Cours de législation gouvernementale.

Works

Le Musicien de Valence, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Antoine Simonnin, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 13 July 1834

Le Septuagénaire, ou les Deux naissances, four-act drama, with Merville, Paris, Théâtre de la Gaîté, 12 August 1834

Les Misères d'un timbalier, vaudeville in 1 act, with Lubize, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, July 1836

Spectacle à la cour, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Lubize, Paris, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique, 25 November 1837

L'Ouverture de la chasse, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Desvergers, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 9 September 1838

Deux Femmes légères, folie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Desvergers and Maurice Alhoy, Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, 14 August 1839

Mon voisin d'omnibus, vaudeville in 1 act, with Louis Dugard, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 18 July 1846

L'Avocat pédicure, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Eugène Labiche and Auguste Lefranc, Paris, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 24 April 1847

Novels

Une Vie d'homme, croquis, 1832

Un Clair de lune, rêverie, 1833

Law

Cours de législation gouvernementale, et études scientifiques sur les gouvernements de la France, depuis 1789 jusqu'à nos jours, 1835

References

Gustave Albitte Wikipedia

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