Pierre Carmouche
Pierre Carmouche (9 April 1797 - 9 December 1868) was a French playwright and chansonnier. He wrote more than 200 successful plays, comedies, comédies en vaudevilles and texts for opéras comiques, in collaboration with diverse authors - Brazier, Dumersan, Mélesville, de Courcy, etc. In 1824 he married the actress Jenny Vertpré.
Also recorded as Pierre Frédéric Adolphe Carmouche · Chris Carmouche
Pierre Carmouche

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- Name
- Pierre Carmouche
- Birth Name
- Pierre-François-Adolphe Carmouche
- Born
- 9 April 1797
- Birthplace
- Lyon
- Died
- 9 December 1868
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- Playwright, chansonnier
- Spouse
- Jenny Vertpré
- Full name
- Pierre François Adolphe Carmouche.
- Nationality
- France.
- Languages
- French.
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He also collected a rich library, bequeathed in part to marshal Canrobert.

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• Name — Pierre Carmouche • Birth Name — Pierre-François-Adolphe Carmouche • Born — 9 April 1797 • Birthplace — Lyon • Died — 9 December 1868 • Place of death — Paris • Occupation — Playwright, chansonnier • Spouse — Jenny Vertpré
Theatre
Theatre
• Les Poissons d'avril, ou le Charivari, comédie en vaudevilles, with Émile Cottenet, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 1 April 1816. • Le Bateau à vapeur, comedy in one act, mingled with couplets, with Émile Cottenet, Philibert Rozet, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, 1816. • L'Heureuse Moisson, ou le Spéculateur en défaut, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act mingled with couplets, with Jean-Toussaint Merle and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, September 1817. • La Cloyère d'huitres, ou les Deux Briquebec, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Frédéric de Courcy and Jean-Toussaint Merle, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 25 January 1820 • La Petite Corisandre, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Henri Dupin and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 11 October 1820. • Chacun son numéro, ou le Petit Homme gris, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Théodore Baudouin d'Aubigny and Boirie, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 6 December 1821. • Le Coq de village, tableau vaudeville by Charles-Simon Favart with changes from Carmouche and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 16 July 1822. • La Réconciliation, ou la Veille de la Saint-Louis, tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, with Frédéric de Courcy and Ferdinand Laloue, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 23 August 1822. • Le Grenadier de Fanchon, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Nicolas Brazier, Théâtre des Variétés, 13 December 1824. • In vino veritas, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Saint-Ange Martin and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 24 April 1825. • Les Filets de Vulcain ou le Lendemain d'un succès, foly-vaudeville en 1 act, with Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle and Dupin, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, 15 July 1826. • Cinq heures du soir, ou le Duel manqué, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Emmanuel Théaulon and Mélesville, Théâtre des Variétés, 4 September 1827. • Le Mariage impossible, comédie en vaudevilles in 2 acts, with Mélesville, Théâtre des Variétés, 1828. • Le puff. Comédie en vaudevilles in 3 tableaux, with Varin and Louis Huart, 1838. • Deux-Ânes, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Mélesville, Théâtre du Palais Royal, 1842.
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Lyon.
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9th arrondissement of Paris.
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- “Pierre Carmouche”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Louis Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 381
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