Michel Étienne Bordet (? – Paris, 17 March 1892) was a 19th-century French playwright, actor and chansonnier.
An actor at the Théâtre de Belleville, on 1 February 1858 he established the review Paris chanté. Journal artistique, littéraire, poétique et de chansons commerciales which would be published until April. Jean-Didier Wagneur, François Cestor, Les Bohèmes, 1840-1870 : Écrivains - Journalistes - Artistes, 2014 (Read online)
Stage manager of the théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique from 1846, his plays were presented, among other, at the Théâtre Beaumarchais and the Théâtre-Lyrique.
Works
1858: La-i-tou et tralala, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles Blondelet 1859: Ah ! Il a des bottes, Bastien !, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Blondelet 1859: Le Passé et l'avenir (rondeaux), à-propos in 1 act 1860: France, Nice et Savoie, cantata 1860: Les Femmes, rondeau 1861: La Lisette du chansonnier, two-act play, mingled with singing, with Béranger 1863: À tous les diables, revue vaudeville in 2 acts and 2 tableaux, with J. Deschamps 1864: Encore une pilule, review, with Paul Faulquemont 1864: La Vendange, hymne à la vigne 1866: Je serai laboureur, one act play, mingled with singing 1872: Aux Enfants de Belleville, cantata 1872: Je suis Bellevillois, protestation 1874: A la chaudière !, review of the year 1874, with Georges Cavalier 1875: A l'amigo !, review of the year 1875 in 5 acts and 7 tableaux 1880: V'là Belleville qui passe, review in 2 acts 1883: Les Compagnons de l'avenir, drama in 5 acts undated: Les Victoires de la paix, cantata
Bibliography Louis Péricaud, Le Théâtre des Funambules : ses mimes, ses acteurs, et ses pantomimes depuis sa fondation, jusqu'à sa démolition, 1897, Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, vol. 1, 1911
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