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.
- 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.
- Les petits auvergnats (The Little Auvergnats). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1799. Produced Théâtre Louvois and Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 1798.
- 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.
- Zozo, ou Le mal-avisé (Zozo, or The Imprudent Man). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1800. Produced Théâtre Montansier-Variétés, October 17, 1799.
- Rosa, ou L'hermitage du Torrent (Rosa, or the Torrent Hermitage). Play. Published 1800.
- 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.
- 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.
- Le chansonnier de la paix (The Balladeer of Peace). Impromptu, 1 act. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre Feydeau, February 19, 1801.
- 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.
- Le pèlerin blanc. Drama, 3 acts. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Apr. 16, 1801.
- L'homme à trois visages, ou Le proscrit (The Venetian Outlaw). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1801. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, 1801.
- Le vieux major (The Old Major). (With François Léger). Vaudeville, 1 act. Published 1801. Produced Théâtre du Montansier, August 24, 1801.
- La peau de l'ours (The Bearskin). (With L.T. Lambert). Folie, 1 act. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre Montansier-Variétés, March 1, 1802.
- 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.
- 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.
- La femme à deux maris (The Wife of Two Husbands). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1802. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, December 27, 1802.
- Les deux valets (The Two Valets). Comedy, 1 act. Published 1803. Produced Théätre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Apr. 11, 1803.
- Les mines de Pologne (The Mines of Poland). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1803. Produced Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, May 3, 1803.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- La forteresse de Danube (The Danube Fortress). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1805. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, January 3, 1805.
- Robinson Crusoë. Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1805. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, October 2, 1805. Music: Alexandre Piccini and Gérardin Lacour.
- 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.
- Les fausses déclarations, ou La veuve (False Declarations, or The Widow). Play, 1 act. Produced Théâtre des Jeunes-Artistes, August 23, 1806.
- Koulouf, ou Les chinois (Koulouf, or The Chinese). Comic opera, 3 acts. Published 1807. Produced Opéra Comique, December 18, 1806. Music: Nicolas Dalayrac.
- 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.
- La citerne (The Reservoir). Melodrama, 4 acts. Published 1809. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, January 14, 1809.
- 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.
- Marguerite d'Anjou (Margaret of Anjou). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1810. Produced Théâtre de la Gaîté, January 11, 1810. Music: Lacour.
- Les trois moulins (The Three Windmills). (With Jean-Baptiste Dubois). Allegorical divertissement, 1 act. Published 1810. Produced Théâtre de la Gaïté, March 30, 1810.
- 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.
- 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.
- Le fanal de Messine (The Banner of Messina). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1812. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, June 23, 1812.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Les chefs écossais (The Scottish Chiefs). Heroic melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1819. Produced Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, September l, 1819.
- Bouton de rose (Rosebud). Fairy-tale melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1819. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, November 13, 1819.
- 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.
- Valentine, ou La séduction (Valentine, or The Seduction). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1822. Produced Théâtre de la Gaite, December 15, 1821.
- Le pavillon des fleurs, ou Les pêcheurs de Grenade. Comedy, 1 act. Published 1822. Produced Opéra Comique, May 13, 1822. Music: Dalavrac.
- 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.
- 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.
- La place du palais (The Palace Square). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1824. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, March 26, 1824.
- 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.
- Le moulin des étangs (The Mill at the Ponds). Play. Produced January 28, 1826.
- Les Natchez, ou La tribu des serpents (The Natchez, or 'Ihe Tribe of Serpents). Play. Produced Théâtre de la Gaite, June 21, 1827.
- 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.
- 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.
- La peste de Marseille (The Marseille Plague). Historical melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1828. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, August 2, 1828.
- 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.
- 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.
- L'aigle des Pyrenees (The Eagle of the Pyrenees). (With Melesville). Melodrama, 3 acts. Published 1829. Produced Théâtre de la Gaité, February 19, 1829.
- Olivier, ou Les compagnons du chêne (Olivier, or The Companions of the Oak). Play. Produced June 6, 1829.
- Alice, ou Les fossoyeurs écossais (Alice, or The Scots Gravediggers). Play. Produced September 24, 1829.
- 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.
- 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.
- La lettre de cachet (The King's Private Seal). (With Pigault-Lebrun). Play. Produced February 26, 1831.
- 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.
- 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.
- Six florins, ou La brodeuse et la dame (Six Florins, or The Embroidcrcr and the Lady). Play. Produced July 7, 1832.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Le berceau (The Cradle). Divertissement, 1 act. Published 1839. Produced Cirque-Olympique, January 31, 1838.
- 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.