Alexis Decomberousse

Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist.

Alexis Decomberousse
Born	Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse 13 January 1793 Vienne, Isère
Died	22 November 1862(1862-11-22) (aged 69) Paris
Occupation	Playwright, vaudevillist

His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century such as the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.).

Works

• Le Cocher de fiacre, melodrama in 3 acts, with Benjamin Antier, 1825
• Le Pauvre de l'Hôtel-Dieu, mélodrama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1826
• Le Prisonnier amateur, comedy mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois, Ferdinand Laloue and Frédérick Lemaître, 1826
• Le Vieil Artiste, ou la Séduction, melodrama in 3 acts, with Frédérick Lemaître, 1826
• Le Fou, drama in 3 acts, with Antony Béraud and Gustave Drouineau, 1829
• La Maîtresse, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hippolyte Le Roux and Merville, 1829
• Le Fils de Louison, melodrama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1830
• L'incendiaire ou la cure et l'archevêché, drama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1831
• Joachim Murat, historical drama in 4 acts and 9 tableaux, with Antier and Théodore Nézel, 1831
• Les Jumeaux de La Réole, ou les Frères Faucher, drama in 3 acts and 7 tableaux, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont, 1831
• 1832: L'Abolition de la peine de mort, drama in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with Benjamin Antier and J.-S. Raffard-Brienne
• Une bonne fortune, comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, 1832
• La Fille du soldat, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1832
• La Nuit d'avant, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1832
• Le Serrurier, comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Bayard, 1832
• Aimer et mourir, 1833
• Madame d'Egmont ou Sont-elles deux ?, comedy in 3 acts, with Ancelot, 1833
• L'Aspirant de marine, opéra-comique in 2 acts, with Edmond Rochefort, 1833
• La consigne, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1833
• Louis XI en goguettes, vaudeville in 1 act, with F. de Bury, 1833
• La Salle de bains, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Antier, 1833
• Les Suites d'une séparation, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Paul Duport, 1833
• Fretillon ou La bonne fille, vaudeville in 5 acts, with Bayard, 1834
• Salvoisy ou L'amoureux de la Reine, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont and Eugène Scribe, 1834
• Le Capitaine de vaisseau ou La salamandre ; preceded by La carotte d'or, prologue, vaudeville nautique in 2 acts, with Benjamin Antier and Mélesville, 1834
• L'Ami Grandet, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with couplets, with Jacques-François Ancelot, 1834
• Le Dernier de la famille, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1834
• Le Domino rose, comédie-vaudeville-anecdote in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1834
• Un secret de famille, drama in 4 acts, with Ancelot, 1834
• Les Tours de Notre-Dame, anecdote du temps de Charles VII, with Antier, 1834
• Le Père Goriot, drama-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Ernest Jaime and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1835
• L'Autorité dans l'embarras, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ernest Jaime, 1835
• La Fille mal élevée, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny, 1835
• Le Violon de l'opéra, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne de Vauroussel, 1835
• Les Deux Nourrices, vaudeville in 1 act, with Bayard, 1835
• Le Tapissier, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with songs, with Ancelot, 1835
• Avis aux coquettes, ou L'amant singulier, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Eugène Scribe, 1836
• Le Colleur, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with B. Antier, 1836
• La Liste des notables, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Charles Dupeuty, 1836
• La Reine d'un jour, chronique mauresque in 2 acts, with Antier, 1836
• La Comtesse du Tonneau, ou Les deux cousines, 1837
• Vive le galop !, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Cogniard brothers and Lubize, 1837
• Vouloir, c'est pouvoir, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with song, with Ancelot, 1837
• Le Serment de collège, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 1838
• Un frère de quinze ans, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1838
• Le Tireur de cartes, vaudeville en 1 acte, with Eugène Roche, 1838
• Le marché de Saint-Pierre, melodrama in 5 acts, with Antier, 1839
• Le Cheval de Crequi, comedy in 2 acts and 3 parts, 1839
• Les Maris vengés, comédie-vaudeville in 5 acts, with Étienne Arago and Eugène Roche, 1839
• La Grisette de Bordeaux, vaudeville in 1 act, 1840
• L'Honneur d'une femme, drama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1840
• Une journée chez Mazarin, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Fulgence de Bury and Théodore Muret, 1840
• Van Bruck, rentier, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Narcisse Fournier, 1841
• Les Filets de Saint-Cloud, drama in 5 acts, with B. Antier, 1842
• Touboulic le cruel, vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1843
• La Polka en Province, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Cordier, 1844
• La Sainte-Cécile, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Ancelot, 1844
• Un mystère, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Ancelot, 1844
• Juanita ou Volte-face, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Bayard, 1846
• La Carotte d'or, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Benjamin Antier and Mélesville, 1846
• L'Homme qui se cherche, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Eugène Roche, 1846
• Le chapeau gris, ou Les obstacles, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Édouard Brisebarre, 1847
• La Vapeur d'éther ou sans douleur !, vaudeville in 1 act, with Hippolyte Lefebvre, 1847
• Un amant qui ne veut pas être heureux, vaudeville in 1 act, with Lubize, 1850
• Les Trois Coups de pied, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lockroy, 1851
• Théâtre de Alexis de Comberousse, foreword by Jules Janin, 3 vol, 1864

Bibliography

• Louis Gustave Vapereau, Léon Garnier, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, 1865, p. 485 (Read on line)
• Stéphane Vachon, 1850, tombeau d'Honoré de Balzac, 2007, p. 538