Charles de Courcy

Charles Henry Charlot de Courcy (22 August 1834[1] – 12 December 1917[2]) was a 19th-century French dramatist and journalist.

Not to be confused with the 20th-century British Police officer Charles de Courcy Parry
Charles de Courcy
Charles de Courcy (atelier Nadar)
Born22 August 1836
Passy, Paris
Died12 December 1917(1917-12-12) (aged 81)
Meaux
OccupationDramatists
Journalist

He was the son of dramatist, poet and chansonnier Frédéric de Courcy (1796–1862).

A journalist at L'Illustration, his plays were presented, among others, at the Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Comédie-française.

Works
  • 1853: Un Merlan en bonne fortune, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Charles Labie and Varin
  • 1853: La Pompadour des Porcherons, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Labie
  • 1858: Entre Hommes, pochade in 1 acte, mingled with couplets
  • 1860: Daniel Lambert, drama in 5 acts, en prose
  • 1861: Les Histoires du café de Paris, Michel Lévy
  • 1861: Le Chemin le plus long, comedy in 3 acts, in prose
  • 1862: Diane de Valneuil, comedy in 5 acts, in prose
  • 1865: La Marieuse, comedy in 2 acts, with Lambert-Thiboust
  • 1872: Les Vieilles Filles, comedy in 5 acts, in prose, with Victorien Sardou
  • 1876: Andrette, comedy in 1 act, in prose
  • 1876: Mademoiselle Didier, 4-act play, in prose, with Eugène Nus
  • 1881: Madame de Navaret, 3-act play, with Eugène Nus
  • 1882: Un mari malgré lui, 1-act comedy, with E. Nus
  • 1883: Toujours !, 1 act comedy
  • 1890: Une Conversion, 1-act comedy, in prose

Bibliography
gollark: https://osmarks.net/stuff/political_opinion_calendar.html
gollark: So instead of being bad™ and picking your political opinions based on either your social environment or "actual underlying beliefs", you can just read your opinion for the day off the calendar.
gollark: I also developed a political opinion calendar recently.
gollark: ("you" in the general sense)
gollark: If you elect me as supreme eternal world dictator for life, I will have been elected as supreme eternal world dictator for life.

References
  1. Fichier des naissances de la Ville de Paris, fiche n° 18/51. Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil reconstitué.
  2. Courrier des théâtres : Nécrologie. Le Figaro, 15 décembre 1917, p. 3, available at Gallica.
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