Charles-Victor Armand called Armand Séville (? – 1847) was a 19th-century French journalist, novelist, chansonnier, poet and playwright.
A collaborator of the Journal de Paris, a member of the Soupers de Momus, he was one of the co-founders of the (1834) or , of which he became general secretary. Chief editor of the Mentor (1824), his plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaité, and more. Armand also published novels under the pen name Pascal Thorre.
Works
1801: Le Quaterne, vaudeville in 1 act, in prose 1804: Le Café du ventriloque, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, in prose 1805: Un quart d'heure dramatique, folie-vaudeville 1805: J'essaie, monologue mixed with vaudevilles 1805: Le Porte-feuille galant, a collection dedicated to the ladies 1806: Le Dernier Bulletin, ou la Paix, impromptu mixed with vaudevilles 1806: Métusko, ou les Polonais, melodrama in 3 acts, extravaganza 1811: Grammaire française, with Charles François Lhomond 1813: Laissez-moi faire, ou la Soubrette officieuse, vaudeville in 1 act 1813: Précis de l'histoire de France, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Napoléon Ier 1814: Salut au Roi, with Casimir Ménestrier and Paul Ledoux 1814: L'Élan du cœur, hommage au roi Louis XVIII, with Ménestrier 1814: Chansonnier des joyeux 1815: L'Habit de cour, ou le Moraliste de nouvelle étoffe 1817: Elémens de la grammaire Française, with Lhomond 1826: La Liquidation, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act and in prose, with Benjamin Antier 1826: La Famille Girard, ou les Prisonniers français, tableau militaire-anecdote in 1 act, with Louis Portelette 1826: Le Forçat libéré, mélodrama in three acts, with Francis Cornu 1833: Les Bariolés, novel, 2 vols. 1834: L'Orme aux loups, novel
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