Jean Baptiste Mardelle

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Occupation Playwright, novelist
Born 1 February 1785 Versailles Died 1 September 1839, Paris, France Books Gustave Wasa, Ou La Suede Au Xvie Siecle, Roman Historique

Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Mardelle (1 February 1785 – 1 September 1839) was an early 19th-century French playwright and novelist.

A NCO, he left the army in 1815 to devote himself to literature. His plays were presented at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique.

Works

1798: Arlequin journaliste, comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with René de Chazet and Emmanuel Dupaty

1807: Baudoin, comte de Provence ou le retour des croisades, melodrama in 3 acts

1810: Frédéric, Duc de Nevers, melodrama in 3 acts, with E. F. Varez

1818: Les Princes norwégiens, ou le Fraticide supposé

1819: Les Ruines de Rothembourg

1822: L'aveugle de Valence, ou L'ermitage de Roquebrune, 5 vols.

1829: La chute d'un grand homme, 3 vols.

1830: Gustave Wasa, ou La Suède au seizième siècle, 5 vols.

1836: La Petite maison d'Auteuil

1836: La Croix de pierre

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