Alexis Decomberousse

Alexis Decomberousse
Born	Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse 13 January 1793 Vienne, Isère
Died	22 November 1862 (aged 69) Paris
Occupation	Playwright, vaudevillist

Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was an 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