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