Richard Fabert called Richard was a 19th-century French playwright.His death is mentioned in 1872 in La Nouvelle plume: au service des arts et des lettres in Paris aged 50 (Read), which obviously does not fit with his participation in the 1812 plays.
Biography His name appeared in three plays given in 1812 at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and in 1816 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté for an adaptation of Molière performed at the Théâtre de l'OdéonPaul Lacroix, Bibliographie moliéresque, 1872, (p. 232) as well as in 1825 for a play which seems to not have been presented Almanach des spectacles, 1825, (p. 484) It is probably a still unidentified pseudonym.
In 1861 Bénoit ainé published Les Plaintes d'Hégésippe Moreau on lyrics by Adolphe Carcassonne of which he would be the composer but nothing proves that it is the same author as that of the theater plays.
Works 1812: Arlequin-Lucifer, ou Cassandre alchimiste, folie in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Alexandre de Ferrière 1812: Amour et loyauté, ou le Mariage militaire, one-act comedy, mingled with couplets, with de Ferrière 1812: Le Dénouement en l'air, ou Expérience de vol, folie in 1 act, with Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson 1816: Le Dépit amoureux, comedy in 1 act and in verse by Molière, adapted by Richard Fabert 1825: L'Homme au scrupule, comedy 1875: Charlemagne, drama mentioned in Anne-Simone Dufief, Chroniques dramatiques, 2006, (p. 267)
Bibliography Joseph Marie Quérard, Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées, 1852, (p. 112) Joseph Marie Quérard, La France littéraire, 1857, (p. 144)
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