Dumanoir
Philippe François Pinel (filip fʁɑ̃swa pinɛl), known as Dumanoir (dymanwaʁ; 31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist.
Also recorded as Philippe François Pinel · Philippe Franc̜ois Dumanoir · Philippe-Francois Dumanoir · Philippe Dumanoir
Dumanoir

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- Full name
- Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir.
- Born
- 1806. · Capesterre-Belle-Eau.
- Died
- 1865. · place Gramont.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- choreographer, playwright, librettist and writer.
- Education
- Lycée Condorcet.
- Known for
- Don César de Bazan.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Philippe François Pinel (filip fʁɑ̃swa pinɛl), known as Dumanoir (dymanwaʁ; 31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist.
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Biography
Biography
Dumanoir studied at Lycée Condorcet. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include theatre manager. Works named in the authority record are Don César de Bazan. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Dumanoir was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau, Guadeloupe. He was the son of Mrs. Pinel-Dumanoir, whose family planted the palm trees lining the Allée Dumanoir in Guadeloupe. He left Guadeloupe in 1816. Dumanoir wrote in the theatrical genre of Comédie en vaudevilles. He was director of the Théâtre des Variétés from 1837 to 1839. In 1844, he wrote in collaboration with Adolphe d'Ennery, an eponymous drama about Don César de Bazan, one of the characters in Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo. He died in Pau.
List of major works
List of major works
• Illustration — Le Petit Poucet by M M Dumanoir and Clairvile; Le général Tom Pouce au Théatre du Vaudeville.
Plays
Plays
• 1842: Le Chevalier d'Éon, comedy in 3 acts, (with Jean-François Bayard), Théâtre des Variétés • 1839: Les Premières Armes de Richelieu (with Jean-François Bayard), Théâtre du Palais Royal • 1840: Indiana et Charlemagne (with Jean-François Bayard), Théâtre du Palais Royal • 1842: Ma maîtresse et ma femme, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, (with Adolphe d'Ennery), Théâtre des Variétés • 1843: Les Hures-Graves (with Clairville and Paul Siraudin), Théâtre du Palais Royal • 1844: ' (with Adolphe d'Ennery), Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin • 1845: Le Code des femmes, Théâtre du Palais Royal • 1846: Gentil-Bernard ou L'Art d'aimer (with Clairville), Théâtre des Variétés • 1849: Exposition des produits de la République, comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts (with Eugène Labiche and Clairville), Théâtre du Palais Royal • 1853: La Case de l'oncle Tom, (with Adolphe d'Ennery), Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique • 1857: Les Bourgeois gentilshommes, comedy in 3 acts, in prose, Théâtre du Gymnase • 1862: Les Invalides du mariage, comedy in 3 acts (with Lafargue), Théâtre du Gymnase
Opera and ballet
Opera and ballet
• 1840: La Perruche, opéra-comique in 1 act (with Louis Clapisson and Henri Dupin) • 1840: Grisélidis ballet by Adolphe Adam • 1845: Maritana, opera by William Vincent Wallace (based on the play Don César de Bazan) • 1862: La Chatte merveilleuse, opera by Albert Grisar, libretto written with Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899) • 1863: La Mule de Pédro, opera by Victor Massé • 1872: Don César de Bazan, opera by Jules Massenet (based on the play Don César de Bazan)
Filmography
Filmography
• Don Caesar de Bazan, directed by Robert G. Vignola (1915, based on the play Don César de Bazan) • Don Cesar, Count of Irun, directed by Luise Kolm and Jacob Fleck (Austria, 1918, based on the play Don César de Bazan) • The Adventurer, directed by J. Gordon Edwards (1920, based on the play Don César de Bazan) • Rosita, directed by Ernst Lubitsch (1923, based on the play Don César de Bazan) • The Spanish Dancer, directed by Herbert Brenon (1923, based on the play Don César de Bazan) • Don Cesare di Bazan, directed by Riccardo Freda (Italy, 1942, based on the play Don César de Bazan) • The Seventh Sword, directed by Riccardo Freda (Italy, 1962, based on the play Don César de Bazan)
Decorations
Decorations
• – Officer of the Legion of Honour France 14 August 1965
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the names Dumanoir and Philippe Dumanoir. The authorities additionally record the headings Philippe François Pinel, Philippe Franc̜ois Dumanoir, Philippe-Francois Dumanoir, Philippe Dumanoir and Philippe François Pinel du Manoir. His recorded language was French.
Identity
Identity
Dumanoir is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Title page of the drama Demanoir and
Dumanoir (Philippe François Pinel, 1806 – 1865), Adolphe Dennery (1811 – 1899), Cornelissen, Beems · https: seq=9
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1806
Dumanoir born at Capesterre-Belle-Eau.
1865
Dumanoir died at place Gramont.
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Capesterre-Belle-Eau.
Birth place
place Gramont.
Death place
Primary material
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reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1396138: Dumanoir
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Dumanoir”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1327488485, Dumanoir, Guillaume.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1327488485, Dumanoir, Guillaume.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1396138: DumanoirWikimedia Foundation
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