Editing Théodore Barrière

{{Short description|French playwright}}
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'''Théodore Barrière''' (1823 &ndash; 16 October 1877), [[France|French]] [[playwright]], was born in [[Paris]].

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 [[Comédie en vaudeville|vaudeville]] he had performed at the [[Beaumarchais]] and which was immediately snapped up for the repertory of the [[Palais Royal]], 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 Murger]]’s book with the novelist's help
*''Manon Lescaut'' (1851)
*''Les Filles de marbre'' (1853) (subsequently adapted into English as ''The Marble Heart'' by [[Charles Selby]])<ref name="marble1">(27 May 1854). [https://books.google.com/books?id=9JkPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA352 Dramatic - Adelphi], ''The Musical World'', Vol. 32, No. 21, p. 352</ref>
*''Les Faux Bonshommes'' (1856) with [[Ernest Capendu]]
*''L’Héritage de Monsieur Plumet'' (1858)
*''Les Gens nerveux'' (1860), with [[Victorien Sardou]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&inPS=true&prodId=LitRC&userGroupName=mlin_m_middlecc&tabID=T002&searchId=R1&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=1&contentSet=GALE%7CH1000126374&&docId=GALE%7CH1000126374&docType=GALE&role=LitRC | title=Gale - Product Login }}</ref>
*''Malheureux vaincus'' (1865), which was forbidden by the censor
*''Le Gascon'' (1873), with Louis Davyl, incidental music by [[Albert Vizentini|Vizentini]] and [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]]

Barrière died in Paris.

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Barrière, Théodore}}

==External links==
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* {{Gutenberg author |id=4872| name=Théodore Barrière}}
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* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Théodore Barrière |sopt=w}}

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