Ferdinand de Villeneuve
Ferdinand de Villeneuve (5 June 1801 – 27 September 1858) was a 19th-century French playwright. Short biography He made his debut in the theatre at the age of 21 by partnering with Charles Dupeuty, and began to be successful from 1823 onwards. In 1825, he founded the newspaper La Nouveauté with Dupeuty, Amable de Saint-Hilaire and Musnier Desclozeaux, a publication which became a daily. Co-director of the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin with Anténor Joly from December 1835, he then directed, still with Joly, the Théâtre de la Renaissance in 1838 with its own funds. His plays were presented on several 19th-century Parisian stages, including the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the Théâtre des Variétés. The painter and photographer Julien Vallou de Villeneuve was his brother. Works 1822: L'Arracheur de dents, one-act folie-parade, mingled with couplets, with Charles Dupeuty 1822: Fille et garçon, ou la Petite orpheline, one-act comédie-vaudeville, with Dupeuty 1822: Le Premier prix, ou les Deux artistes, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty 1823: L'Actrice, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty 1823: Mon ami Christophe, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and W. Lafontaine 1823: Le Oui des jeunes filles, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, imitée de l'espagnol, with Jouslin de La Salle 1823: Le Sergent de Chevert, vaudeville historique in 1 act, with Dupeuty 1824: Les Acteurs à l'essai, comédie-vaudeville-épisodique in 1 act, with Dupeuty 1824: Léonide ou La Vieille de Suresne, comédie vaudeville in 3 acts, with Dupeuty and Amable de Saint-Hilaire 1824: Les Modistes, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson and Dupeuty 1824: Ourika ou la Négresse, drama in 1 act, with Dupeuty 1824: La Petite somnambule, comédie-vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty 1824: Pierre et Marie, ou le Soldat ménétrier, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and Langlé 1824: Le Tableau de Téniers, ou l'Artiste et l'ouvrier, vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty and Maurice Alhoy 1824: Un jour à Dieppe, à-propos-vaudeville, with Saint-Hilaire, Dupeuty and Langlé 1825: Alice, ou les Six promesses, vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty and Saint-Hilaire 1825: Les Deux tailleurs, ou la Fourniture et la façon, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and Jouslin de La Salle 1825: Nicaise, ou le Jour des noces, comédie-vaudeville un 1 act, with Dupeuty 1826: L'Anonyme, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Dupeuty and Jouslin de La Salle 1826: La Dette d'honneur, comédie vaudeville in 2 acts, with Dupeuty and Langlé 1826: Le Soldat en retraite, ou les Coups du sort, drama in 2 acts, with Jouslin de La Salle and Dupeuty 1826: Le Vieux pauvre, ou le Bal et l'incendie, melodrama in 3 acts and extravaganza, with Dupeuty and Ferdinand Laloue 1827: Gérard et Marie, comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Étienne Arago 1827: Le Hussard de Felsheim, comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Saint-Hilaire and Dupeuty 1827: La Fleuriste, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Étienne Arago 1827: Monsieur Botte, comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Dupeuty 1828: La Grande duchesse, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Dupeuty and Saintine