Maxime Boucheron, real name René Maximilien (9 March 1846 – 10 November 1896), was a French playwright and chansonnier.
Biography An employee at the Préfecture of Paris, he became an editor at Le Figaro where he was responsible for the theatre critics. His comic operas, vaudevilles, operettas and other works, written from the 1870s to the 1890s, were performed on the most significant Parisian stages of his time, including Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre de la Renaissance and Théâtre des Variétés.
He is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery (47th division).
Works 1878: Le Droit du seigneur, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Paul Burani 1879: Le Billet de logement, opéra-comique in 3 acts, with Paul Burani 1880: Le Ménage Popincourt, vaudeville in 1 act, with Raymond 1880: Le Voyage en Amérique, fantaisie, operetta in 4 acts, with Raymond 1882: Le Petit parisien, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Burani 1883: L'Ami d'Oscar, opéra comique in 1 act 1883: Le Bouquet de violettes, opéra comique in 1 act, with Georges Grisier 1887: Chanson du Point du jour, lyrics by Boucheron and Grisier, music by André Martinet 1888: Cocard et Bicoquet, comedy-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Hippolyte Raymond 1888: La divine comédie... française 1888: La Légende du magyar, opéra comique in 3 acts 1888: Mimi, vaudeville en 3 actes, with Raymond 1890: La D'moiselle, du téléphone, lyrics by Maxime Boucheron, music by André Martinet 1890: Le Roi des bonneteurs, Marpon et Flammarion 1890: Miss Helyett, opérette in 3 acts, 1891, music by Edmond Audran 1891: Le Mitron, vaudeville-operetta in 3 acts, with Mars 1891: Maldonne, comédie-bouffe in 1 act 1892: Sainte Freya, opéra comique in 3 acts, music by Audran 1892: Article de Paris, operetta in 3 actes, music by Audran 1894: Les Forains, operetta in 3 acts, with Antony Mars, music by Louis Varney 1895: La Duchesse de Ferrare, opéretta in 3 actes, music by Audran 1895: Le Pèlerinage, comedy in 4 acts, with Maurice Ordonneau 1896: Tante Agnès, operetta bouffa in 2 acts
Bibliography Henry A. Parys, Histoire anecdotique de l'opérette, 1945, (p. 147) Manuel Gómez García, Diccionario Akal de Teatro, 1998, (p. 112) Kurt Gänzl, The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre: A-Gi, 2001, (p. 223)
Sources Jules Moiroux, Le cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, S. Mercadier, 1908 read online