Camille Doucet
Camille Doucet (16 May 1812 in Paris – 1 April 1895 in Paris) was a French poet and playwright.
Biography
Camille Doucet was born on 16 May, 1812, in Paris, France.
He was a solicitor's clerk and notary, the secretary of Baron Fain in the cabinet of King Louis-Philippe, then the general manager of theater administration at the ministry of the Emperor's Household in 1863. Several times a candidate for the Académie française, he was elected a member in 1865 and was the permanent secretary from 1876.
As Manager of Theater Administration, in 1867 Camille Doucet authorized the café-concerts "to use costumes, cross-dressing; to perform plays, to have interludes of dance and acrobatics";[1] these measures would support the further development of large venues, such as the Folies Bergère or the Olympia. Although Flaubert complained of him,[2] he had a reputation for honesty and kindness; the memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt show that he supported her debuts at the Comédie-Française and gave her entry to the Odéon.
Camille Doucet was the author of several poems and numerous plays: vaudevilles, operas, comedies in verse. While some of them were met in their time with success, they are now largely forgotten.
Doucet died on 1 April, 1895, at the age of 82, in Paris, France.
Works
Theater
- A Young Man, a comedy-drama in three acts, in verse, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 29 November 1841
- The Advocate of His Cause, a comedy in one act and in verse, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 5 February 1842
- The Baron de Lafleur, or the Last Valets, a comedy in three acts and in verse, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 13 December 1842
- Hunting Scoundrels, a comedy in three acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 27 February 1846
- The Last Banquet of 1847, comedy-revue in tables 3 and verse, Paris, théâtre de l'Odéon, 30 December 1847
- Enemies of the house, a comedy in three acts, in verse, Paris, Second Théâtre-Français, 6 December 1850
- The Forbidden Fruit, comedy in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 23 November 1857
- The Consideration, a comedy in four acts in verse, Paris, Théâtre-Français, 6 November 1860
Collected Works
- Comedies in verse (1858) Volume 1: The Forbidden Fruit, Enemies of the House, Hunting Scoundrels. Volume 2: The Baron de Lafleur, The Advocate of his Cause, A Young Man and speech in verse.
- Complete Works (1874)
Historical sources
- Octave Pradels, Thirty Years of the Café-Concert: Memories of Paulus (collected, 300 illustrations, 60 songs), Paris, Société d'édition et de publications, 460 p.
- The personal papers of Camille Doucet are kept in the National Archives in document 487AP[3]
External links
- Works by or about Camille Doucet at the Internet Archive
References
- ^ Pradels (1908). Trente ans de Café-Concert….
- ^ " La pièce de Bouilhet, comme tu sais (ou ne sais pas), a raté. La presse a été atroce et la direction de l'Odéon pire − le tout pour complaire au gars Camille Doucet, lequel se présente au prix de la meilleure comédie − échelon de l'Académie française. Tu conçois qu'un homme qui veut être de l'Académie française n'épargne rien. Bouilhet avait pensé un moment à se présenter comme candidat (du prix), mais Doucet se présentant, il se retire, bien entendu. " Lettre à Jules Duplan, 1er janvier 1861.
- ^ "Description du fonds conservé aux Archives nationales sur la salle des inventaires virtuelle".
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- Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1634)
- Georges de Scudéry (1650)
- Philippe de Courcillon (1667)
- Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (1720)
- François-Henri d'Harcourt (1788)
- Lucien Bonaparte (1803)
- Louis-Simon Auger (1816)
- Charles-Guillaume Étienne (1829)
- Alfred de Vigny (1845)
- Camille Doucet (1865)
- Charles Costa de Beauregard (1896)
- Hippolyte Langlois (1911)
- Émile Boutroux (1912)
- Pierre de Nolhac (1922)
- Georges-François-Xavier-Marie Grente (1936)
- Henri Massis (1960)
- Georges Izard (1971)
- Robert Aron (1974)
- Maurice Rheims (1976)
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (2004)
- François Weyergans (2009)
- Pascal Ory (2021)