Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée
French playwright. Born Paris 14th February, 1692: Died 14 March, 1754
Stage Works
All were first performed in Paris.
- La fausse antipathie (False Antipathy). Comédie larmoyante,
3 acts; verse. Published 1734. Produced Comédie-Française, Oct. 2,
1733.
- La critique de la fausse antipathie (False Antipathy Criticised).
Comedy, 1 act; verse. Published 1734. Produced Comédie-Française,
Mar. 11, 1734.
- Le préjuge à la mode (Fashionable
Prejudice).
Comédie larmoyante, 5 acts; verse. Published 1735. Produced
Comédie-Française, Feb. 3, 1735.
- L'école des amis (The School for Friends). Comédie larmoyante,
5 acts; verse. Published 1737. Produced Comédie-Française, Feb.
25, 1737.
- Maximien. Tragedy, 5 acts; verse. Published 1738. Produced Comédie-Française.
Feb. 28, 1738.
- Palmire, reine d'Assyrie (Palmyra, Queen of Assyria). Tragedy,
5 acts; verse. Written 1739.
- Mélanide. Comédie
larmoyante, 5 acts; verse. Published 1741. Produced
Comédie-Française, May 12, 1741.
- Amour pour amour (Love for Love). Comedy, 3 acts; verse.
Published 1742. Produced Comédie-Française, Feb. 16, 1742.
- Paméla. Comédie larmoyante, 5 acts; verse. Published 1762. Produced
Comédie-Française, Dec. 6, 1743.
- L'école des mères (The School for Mothers). Comédie larmoyante,
5 acts; verse. Published 1745. Produced Comédie-Française, Apr, 26,
1944.
- Le rival de lui-même (His Own Rival). Comedy, 1 act; verse.
Produced Comédie-Française, Apr. 20, 1746.
- La gouvernante (The Governess). Comédie larmoyante,
5 acts; verse. Published 1747. Produced Comédie-Française,
Jan 18, 1747.
- L'amour castillan (Castilian Love). Comedy. Published 1747.
Produced Theatre Italien, Apr. 11, 1747.
- L'école de la jeunesse, ou Le retour sur soi-même (The
School for Youth, or To Take Stock of Oneself). Comédie larmoyante,
5 acts; verse. Published 1762. Produced Comédie-Française,
February, 1749.
- L'homme de fortune (The Lucky Man). Comédie larmoyante, 5 acts;
verse. Published 1762. Produced Comédie-Française, Jan.
27, 1751.
- Les Tirynthiens (The Tirynthians). Play. Written 1753.
Published 1762.
- La rancune officieuse (Officious Spite). Comedy, 1 act. Published
1762. Produced Théâtre du Comte de Clermont, Nov. 19, 1754.
- Le retour imprévu (The Unforeseen Return). Comedy, 1 act.
Published 1762. Produced Théâtre Italien, July, 1756.
- Le vieillard amoureux (The Amorous Old Man). Comedy. Published
1762.
- La princesse de Sidon (The Princess of Sidon). Tragi-comedy.
- Le véritable père de famille (The True Father of the Family). Comedy, 5 acts.
CRITICISM
J. Uthoff, Nivelle de La Chaussée: Leben and Werke,
Heilbronn, 1883;
G. Lanson, Nivelle de La Chaussée et la comedie
larmoyante, Paris,
1903.