Theodore Barrière
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dramatist, was born in Paris
Paris
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He belonged to a family of map engravers which had long been connected with the war department, and spent nine years in that service himself. The success of a vaudeville
Vaudeville
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he had performed at the Beaumarchais and which was immediately snapped up for the repertory of the Palais Royal
Palais Royal
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, showed him his real vocation. During the next thirty years he signed, alone or in collaboration, over a hundred plays; among the most successful were:
- La Vie de bohème (1849), adapted from Henri MurgerHenri MurgerLouis-Henri Murger, also known as Henri Murger and Henry Murger was a French novelist and poet....
’s book with the novelist’s help - Manon Lescaut (1851)
- Les Filles de marbre (1853)
- Les Faux Bonshommes (1856) with Ernest Capendu
- L’Héritage de Monsieur Plumet (1858)
- Les Gens nerveux (1860), with Victorien SardouVictorien SardouVictorien Sardou was a French dramatist. He is best remembered today for his development, along with Eugène Scribe, of the well-made play...
- Malheureux vaincus (1865), which was forbidden by the censor
- Le Gascon (1878).
Barrière died in Paris.