Aristide Letorzec

Aristide Letorzec more known under the pen name Lajariette (Nantes, 1808 – Paris, 18 November 1848) was a 19th-century French playwright and Pierre-Constant Letorzec's brother.

Short biography

Among other plays, he made his actor debut in Zara ou la Sœur de l'Arabe (1837) or Geneviève de Brabant (1838) at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, before his own plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre de la Gaîté, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville.

Letorzec was managing director of the Théâtre des Délassements-Comiques from 1843 until his death.

Works

• 1839: Allons à la chaumière, vaudeville in 1 act, with Edmond-Frédéric Prieur
• 1843: Un mauvais père, drama in 3 acts, mingled with song, with Lubize
• 1843: La Première Cause, drama in 3 acts
• 1844: Paris diabolique, vaudeville in 1 act
• 1845: Les Enfants du facteur, drama in 3 acts, with Auguste-Louis-Désiré Boulé
• 1845: L'Homme et la Mode, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lubize
• 1845: Parlez au portier, vaudeville in 1 act, with Adolphe d'Ennery
• 1845: Les Ruines de Vaudémont, four-act drama, with Boulé
• 1848: L'Ange de ma tante, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Alfred Delacour

Bibliography

• Joseph Marie Quérard, Les Supercheries littéraires dévoilées, 1850, p. 360.
• Joseph Marie Quérard, Félix Bourquelot, Charles Louandre, La Littérature française contemporaine. XIX, 1854, p. 123.
• J.M. Quérard, La France littéraire, 1857, p. 249.
• Henri Rossi, Le Diable dans le vaudeville au XIXe, 2003, p. 27.