Composers and their stage works 

René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt

(1773 - 1844)
French dramatist born in Nancy January 22, 1773: Died Nancy July 27, 1844

Stage Works

All plays are in prose and were first performed in Paris.

  1. Victor, ou L'enfant de la forêt (Victor, or The Child of the Forest). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1803. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, June 10, 1798. Based on the novel of the same name by FrançoisGuillaume Ducray-Duminil.
  2. Les petits auvergnats (The Little Auvergnats). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1799. Produced Théâtre Louvois and Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 1798.
  3. Le château des Apennins, ou Le fantôme vivant (The Château of the Apennines, or The Living Phantom). Drama, 5 acts. Published 1799. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, December 9, 1798.
  4. Zozo, ou Le mal-avisé (Zozo, or The Imprudent Man). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1800. Produced Théâtre Montansier-Variétés, October 17, 1799.
  5. Rosa, ou L'hermitage du Torrent (Rosa, or the Torrent Hermitage). Play. Published 1800.
  6. Le petit page, ou La prison d'état (The Little Page, or The State Prison). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1800. Produced Théâtre Feydeau, February 14, 1800. Music: Rodolphe Kreutzer.
  7. Coelina, ou L'enfant du mystère (Coelina, or The Child of Mystery). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1803. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, September 2, 1800. Based on a novel by Ducray-Duminil.
  8. Le chansonnier de la paix (The Balladeer of Peace). Impromptu, 1 act. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre Feydeau, February 19, 1801.
  9. Flaminius à Corinthe (Flaminius at Corinth). (With L. T. Lambert). Opera, 1 act. Published 1801. Produced Théâtre des Arts, February 24, 1801. Music: Kreutzer and Nicolò Isouard.
  10. Le pèlerin blanc. Drama, 3 acts. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Apr. 16, 1801.
  11. L'homme à trois visages, ou Le proscrit (The Venetian Outlaw). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1801. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 1801.
  12. Le vieux major (The Old Major). (With François Léger). Vaudeville, 1 act. Published 1801. Produced Théâtre du Montansier, August 24, 1801.
  13. La peau de l'ours (The Bearskin). (With L.T. Lambert). Folie, 1 act. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre Montansier-Variétés, March 1, 1802.
  14. Raymond de Toulouse, ou Le retour de la Terre-Sainte (Raymond de Toulouse, or The Return from the Holy Land). Lyric drama, 3 acts. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre de la Rue Bondy, September 16, 1802. Music: Jacques Foignet and François Foignet.
  15. Pizarre, ou La conquête de Pêrou (Pizarro, or The Conquest of Peru). Historical melodrama. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, September 27, 1802.
  16. La femme à deux maris (The Wife of Two Husbands). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, December 27, 1802.
  17. Les deux valets (The Two Valets). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1803. Produced Théätre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Apr. 11, 1803.
  18. Les mines de Pologne (The Mines of Poland). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1803. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, May 3, 1803.
  19. Têkêli, ou Le siège de Mongatz (Têkêli, or the Siege of Mongatz). Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1804. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, December 29, 1803,
  20. Les maures d'Espagne, ou Le pouvoir de l'enfance (The Moors of Spain, or The Power of Childhood). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1804. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, May 9, 1804.
  21. Avis aux femmes, ou Le viari en colère (Advice to Wives, or The Angry Husband). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1804. Produced Opéra Comique, October 27, 1804. Music: Pierre Caveaux.
  22. Le grand chasseur, ou L'île des palmiers (The Great Hunter, or The Island of Palms). (With Joseph-Marie Loaisel de Tréogate). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1804. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, November 6, 1804.
  23. La forteresse de Danube (The Danube Fortress). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1805. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, January 3, 1805.
  24. Robinson Crusoë. Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1805. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, October 2, 1805. Music: Alexandre Piccini and Gérardin Lacour.
  25. La solitaire de la roche noire (The Solitary Lady of the Black Rock). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1806. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint Martin, May 4, 1806. Music: Piccini.
  26. Les fausses déclarations, ou La veuve (False Declarations, or The Widow). Play, 1 act. Produced Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes, August 23, 1806.
  27. Koulouf, ou Les chinois (Koulouf, or The Chinese). Comic opera, 3 acts. Published 1807. Produced Opéra Comique, December 18, 1806. Music: Nicolas Dalayrac.
  28. L'ange tutélaire, ou Le demon femelle (The Guiding Angel, or The Female Demon). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1808. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, June 2, 1808. Music: Piccini.
  29. La citerne (The Reservoir). Melodrama, 4 acts. Published 1809. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, January 14, 1809.
  30. La rose blanche et la rose rouge (The White Rose and the Red). Lyric drama, 3 acts. Published 1809. Produced Opéra Comique, March 20, 1809. Music: Gaveaux.
  31. Marguerite d'Anjou (Margaret of Anjou). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1810. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîté, January 11, 1810. Music: Lacour.
  32. Les trois moulins (The Three Windmills). (With Jean-Baptiste Dubois). Allegorical divertissement, 1 act. Published 1810. Produced Théâtre de la Gaïté, March 30, 1810.
  33. Les ruines de Babylone, ou Giafar et Zaida (The Ruins of Babylon, or Giafar and Zaida). Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1810. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, October 30, 1810.
  34. Le précipice, ou Les forges de Norvège (The Precipice, or The Norwegian Forges). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1811. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, October 30, 1811.
  35. Le fanal de Messine (The Banner of Messina). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1812. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, June 23, 1812.
  36. Le petit carillonneur, ou La tour ténébreuse (The Little Bell Ringer, or The Dark Tower). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1812. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, November 24, 1812.
  37. L'ennemi des modes, ou La maison de Choisy (The Enevny of Fashion, or The House at Choisy). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1814. Produced Théâtre de l'Odéon, December 7, 1813.
  38. Le chien de Montargis, ou La forêt de Bondy (The Dog of Montargis, or The Forest of Bondy). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1814. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, June 18, 1814.
  39. Charles le Téméraire, ou Le siège de Nancy (Charles the Bold, or The Siege of Nancy). Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1814. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîté, October 26, 1814.
  40. Christophe Colomb, ou La découverte du nouveau monde (Christopher Columbus, or The Discovery of the New World). Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1815. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, September 5, 1815.
  41. Le suicide, ou Le vieux sergent (The Suicide, or The Old Sergeant). Melodrama, 2 acts. Published 1816. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, February 20, 1816.
  42. Le monastère abandonné, ou La malédiction paternelle (The Abandoned Monastery, or The Paternal Malediction). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1816. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, November 28, 1816.
  43. La chapelle des bois, ou Le témoin invisible (The Chapel in the Woods, or The Invisible Witness). (With Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1818. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, August 12, 1818.
  44. Le belvéder, ou La vallée de l'Etna (The Belvedere, or The Valley of Etna). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1818. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, December 10, 1818.
  45. La fille de l'exile, ou Huit mois en deux heures (The Exile's Daughter, or Eight Months in Two Hours). Historical melodrama, 3 parts. Published 1819. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, March 13, 1819.
  46. Les chefs écossais (The Scottish Chiefs). Heroic melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1819. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, September l, 1819.
  47. Bouton de rose (Rosebud). Fairy-tale melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1819. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, November 13, 1819.
  48. Le mont sauvage, ou Le solitaire (The Savage Mountain, or The Solitary). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1821. Produced Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, July 12, 1821.
  49. Valentine, ou La séduction (Valentine, or The Seduction). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1822. Produced Théâtre de la Gaite, December 15, 1821.
  50. Le pavillon des fleurs, ou Les pêcheurs de Grenade. Comedy, 1 act. Published 1822. Produced Opéra Comique, May 13, 1822. Music: Dalavrac.
  51. Ali Baba, ou Les quarante voleurs (Ali Baba, or The Forty Thieves). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1822. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîté, September 24, 1822.
  52. Le chateau de Lochleven, ou La captivite de Marie Stuart (The Castle of Lochleven, or The Captivity of Mary Stuart), Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1822. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, December 3, 1822.
  53. La place du palais (The Palace Square). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1824. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, March 26, 1824.
  54. Le baril d'olives (The Barrel of Olives). (With Nicolas Brazier and Mélesville). Comedy vaudeville, 1 act. Published 1825. Produced Théâtre des Variétés, February 1, 1825.
  55. Le moulin des étangs (The Mill at the Ponds). Play. Produced January 28, 1826.
  56. Les Natchez, ou La tribu des serpents (The Natchez, or 'Ihe Tribe of Serpents). Play. Produced Théâtre de la Gaite, June 21, 1827.
  57. La tête de mort, ou Les ruines de Pornpéi (The Death's Head, or The Ruins of Pompeii). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1828. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, December 8, 1827. Music: Piccini.
  58. La muette de la forêt (The Dumb Woman of the Forest). (With Benjamin Antiier). Melodrama, 1 act. Published 1828. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîté, January 29, 1828.
  59. La peste de Marseille (The Marseille Plague). Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1828. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, August 2, 1828.
  60. Polder, ou Le bourreau d'Amsterdam (Polder, or The Executioner of Amsterdam). (With Victor Ducange). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1840. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, October 15, 1828.
  61. Guillaume Tell (William Tell). (With Anther). Melodrama, 6 parts. Published 1828. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, May 3, 1829. Adapted from Friedrich von Schiller's Wilhelm Tell.
  62. L'aigle des Pyrenees (The Eagle of the Pyrenees). (With Melesville). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1829. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, February 19, 1829.
  63. Olivier, ou Les compagnons du chêne (Olivier, or The Companions of the Oak). Play. Produced June 6, 1829.
  64. Alice, ou Les fossoyeurs écossais (Alice, or The Scots Gravediggers). Play. Produced September 24, 1829.
  65. Ondine, ou La nymphe des eaux (Ondine, or The Water Nymph). Fairy play, 4 acts. Published 1830. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, February 17, 1830. Music: Piccini.
  66. Judacin, ou Les filles de la veuve (Judacin, or The Widow's Daughters). (With Dueange). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1840, as Le jésuite. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîté, September 4, 1830.
  67. La lettre de cachet (The King's Private Seal). (With Pigault-Lebrun). Play. Produced February 26, 1831.
  68. L'abbaye an bois, ou La femme de chambre (The Abbey in the Woods, or The Chambermaid). (With H. Martin). Contemporary history, 3 acts. Published 1832. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîte, February 14, 1832.
  69. Le petit (The Youngster). (With Brazier and Pierre-François-Adolphe Carmouche). Romantic fairy play, 4 acts. Published 1832. Produced Théâtre de la GaA6, March 19, 1832. Music: Piccini.
  70. Six florins, ou La brodeuse et la dame (Six Florins, or The Embroidcrcr and the Lady). Play. Produced July 7, 1832.
  71. L'allee des veuves, ou La justice en 1773 (Widows' Way, or Justice in 1773). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1833. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, March 16, 1833. Music: Piccini.
  72. Les quatre éléments (The Four Elements). (With Brazier and Théophile du Mersan). Fantastic fairy comedy, 4 acts. Published 1833. Produced Thédtre de la Gaîté, July 10, 1833.
  73. Valentine, ou Le château et la ferme (Valentine, or The Château and the Farm). Melodrama, 5 acts. Published 1834. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîté, March 20, 1834.
  74. Latude, ou Trente-cinq ans de captivité (Latude, or Thirty-five Years of Captivity). Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1834. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, November 15, 1834.
  75. Le berceau (The Cradle). Divertissement, 1 act. Published 1839. Produced Cirque-Olympique, January 31, 1838.
  76. Bijou, ou L'enfant de Paris (Jewel, or The Child of Paris). (With Brazier and Félix-Auguste Duvert). Fairy play, 4 acts. Published 1839. Produced Cirque-Olympique, January 31, 1838.