Henri Horace Meyer (17 May 1801 – 2 February 1870) was a 19th-century French dramatist and novelist.
Managing director of the Théâtre de la Gaîté from 1839 to 1847, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of his time including the Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique, the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, and the Théâtre de la Gaîté.
In 1839, he witnessed the attack on 12 and 13 May. Cour des pairs. Attentat des 12 et 13 mai 1839, (Read his testimony online)
Works
1834: Le Doigt de Dieu, drama in 1 act 1836: Amazampo, ou la Découverte du quinquina, drama in 4 acts and 7 tableaux 1836: L'Empereur et le soldat, ou le 5 mai 1821, souvenirs contemporains 1837: La fille d'un militaire, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Laurencin 1837: Richard Moor, drama in 4 acts, preceded by Une heure trop tard, prologue in 1 act 1838: Samuel le marchand, drama in 5 acts, with Louis Gabriel Montigny 1838: Candinot, roi de Rouen, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hugues Bouffé, Charles-Hippolyte Dubois-Davesnes and Eugène Moreau 1839: Le Sylphe d'or, pièce fantastique in 3 acts, preceded by a prologue, with Montigny 1840: La Famille Dulaure, drame-vaudeville in 1 act 1840: Un moment d'ambition, ou Plus de peur que de mal, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act 1844: Le Mannequin du prince, drame-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Benjamin Antier 1850: Le sac à malices, féerie in 3 acts and 25 tableaux 1854: Harry-le-Diable, historical drama in 3 acts, with Narcisse Fournier 1854: La Partie de piquet, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier 1855: Jocelin le garde-côte, drama in 5 acts, with Fournier 1855: Le Mal de la peur, comedy in 1 act 1855: Penicaut le somnambule, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier 1857: Le Beau-père, comedy in 1 act 1858: M. Candaule, ou le Roi des maris, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Fournier 1860: Le Chef de la Bande Noire, novel 1860: Une voix du ciel, comedy in 1 act, with Fournier 1861: Les Traboucayres, ou les chauffeurs de la montagne, drama in 5 acts and 9 tableaux, with Fournier 1861: Chassé-croisé, comedy in 1 act, with Fournier 1861: La Fille de l'armurier ou les Pays-Bas en 1482, novel 1862: Le portefeuille rouge, drama in 5 acts with a prologue, with Fournier 1863: Le Père Lefeutre, comédie-vaudeville in 4 acts, with Fournier 1863: Les ruines du château noir, drama in 9 tableaux, including a prologue, with Fournier 1865: Le Supplice de Paniquet, comedy in 1 act, with Fournier and Gustave Bondon 1876: Les Dumacheff, ou le Cocher fidèle, parodie de la pièce de l'Odéon : Les Danicheff, in 1 act and 2 tableaux, with Émile Desbeaux, posth.
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