Desfontaines-Lavallée

François-Georges Fouques Deshayes(1733,Caen- 25 November 1825), known asDesfontainesorDesfontaines-Lavallée,was a French writer and playwright.

Before theFrench Revolutionhe worked as a royal censor, secretary and librarian. He cooperated in the publication of theNouvelle Bibliothèque des romans(New Library of Novels) and wrote several novels himself, includingLettres de Sophie et du chevalier de ***(1765).

He was one of the founders of theDîners du Vaudevilleand of theDîners du Caveau.He died in Paris.

Works

Theatre

• 1765:La Bergère des Alpes,comedy in 1 act and in free vers,Hôtel de Bourgogne,15 December
• 1767:L'Aveugle de Palmyre,comédie pastorale in 2 acts in verse mingled with ariettes, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 5 MarchRead online
• 1771:La Cinquantaine,pastorale in 3 acts, music by Laborde,Théâtre du Palais-Royal,13 AoûtRead online
• 1773:Isménor,heroic drama in 3 acts, music by Rodolphe,Château de Versailles,17 November
• 1776:Le Mai,comedy in 3 acts, mingled with verse and prose, ariettes andvaudevillesand ending with aballet,Hôtel de Bourgogne, 8 May
• 1778:La Chasse,comedy in 3 acts and in prose, mingled with ariettes, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 12 October
• 1781:L'Amant statue,opéra comiquein vaudevilles in 1 act, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 20 February
• 1781:Isabelle hussard,parade in 1 act and in vaudevilles, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 31 July
• 1782:L'Amour et la Folie,opera comique in 3 acts, in vaudevilles and in prose, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 5 March
• 1783:Les Trois inconnues,comedy in 3 acts and in verse mingled with ariettes, Château de Versailles, 7 February
• 1783:Le Réveil de Thalie,comedy in 3 acts,Comédie Italienne,6 May
• 1783:La Dot,comedy in 3 acts and in prose, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 8 November
• 1784:Les Amours de Chérubin,comedy in 3 acts and in prose, mingled with music and vaudevilles, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 4 November
• 1785:L'Amant statue,comedy in 1 act and in prose mingled with ariettes, with music byNicolas Dalayrac,salle Favart,created 4 August
• 1785:La Dot,comedy in 3 acts and in prose mingled with ariettes, music by Nicolas Dalayrac, salle Favart, created 8 November at the Cour inFontainebleauthen given 21 November
• 1786:L'Incendie du Havre,historical fact in one act, prose and vaudevilles, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 21 February
• 1788:Fanchette ou l'Heureuse Épreuve,comedy in 3 acts and in prose mingled with ariettes, music by Nicolas Dalayrac, salle Favart, 13 October
• 1790:Le District de village,ambigu in 1 act, Hôtel de Bourgogne, 15 MarchRead online
• 1790:Vert-Vert,divertissement in 1 act, music by Nicolas Dalayrac, salle Favart, created 11 October
• 1792:Les Mille et un théâtres,opera comique in 1 act and in vaudevilles,Théâtre du Vaudeville,14 February
• 1792:Arlequin afficheur,comédie-parade in 1 act, in prose mingled with vaudeville, withPierre-Yves BarréandJean-Baptiste Radet,Théâtre du Vaudeville, 9 April
• 1792:Le Projet manqué, ou Arlequin taquin,parody ofLucretius,in 1 act, in prose and in vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 May
• 1792:Arlequin Cruello,parody ofOthellobyJean-François Ducis,in 2 acts and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 13 December
• 1793:La Chaste Suzanne,play in 2 acts, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Palais de l'Égalité, 5 January
• 1793:Colombine mannequin,comédie-parade in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 15 February
• 1793:Le Divorce,comedy in 1 act and in vaudeville, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 MayRead online
• 1793:Au retour,historic and patriotic fact in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 4 November
• 1794:La Fête de l'égalité,comedy in 1 act, with Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 25 FebruaryRead online
• 1794:Les Vieux époux,comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 24 March
• 1796:Encore un curé,historic and patriotic fact in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 20 NovemberRead online
• 1794:Les Chouans de Vitré,historical fact in 1 act, in prose, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 12 June
• 1794:La Fille soldat,historical fact in 1 act and vaudevilles, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 13 December
• 1795:Abuzar, ou La Famille extravagante,parody ofAbufar, ou la Famille arabe,in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 15 MayRead online
• 1797:Le Mariage de Scarron,comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 8 May
• 1797:Le Pari,divertissement in 1 act, in prose and vaudevilles, on the occasion of peace, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet, Jacques-Marie Deschamps and Jean-Baptiste-Denis Desprès, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 28 OctoberRead online
• 1798:Jean-Jacques Rousseau dans son ermitage, ou la Vallée de Montmorency,comédie en vaudevillein 3 acts, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet andPierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis,Théâtre du Vaudeville, 1 June
• 1798:Hommage du petit Vaudeville au grand Racine,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet, André-François de Coupigny and Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 21 May
• 1799:Voltaire, ou Une journée de Ferney,comedy in 2 acts, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet, André-François de Coupigny and Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 19 February
• 1799:Monet directeur de l'Opéra-comique,comedy in 1 act and in vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 22 July
• 1799:La Girouette de Saint-Cloud,impromptu in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet,Emmanuel Dupatyand Bourgueil, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 14 November
• 1799:Cendrillon, ou l'École des mères,comedy in 2 acts, Théâtre du Vaudeville
• 1800:M. Guillaume, ou le Voyageur inconnu, comedy in 1 act and in prose mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet and Bourgueil, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 1 February
• 1800:Gessner,comedy in 2 acts and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet and Bourgueil, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 31 May
• 1800:La Récréation du monde,suite de la Création, melodrama, music byJoseph Haydn,mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 29 December
• 1801:Enfin nous y voilà,divertissement in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 February
• 1802:La Tragédie au Vaudeville,in 1 act and in prose, mingled with couplets, followed byAprès la confession, la pénitence,petit épilogue à l'occasion d'un grand prologue, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 March
• 1803:Cassandre-Agamemnon et Colombine-Cassandre,parody of Agamemnon, in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet andArmand Gouffé,Théâtre du Vaudeville, 2 December
• 1803:Chapelain, ou la Ligue des auteurs contre Boileau,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act and in prose, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 23 December
• 1804:La Tapisserie de la reine Mathilde,comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 14 January
• 1804:Duguay-Trouin, prisonnier à Plymouth,historical fact in 2 acts, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet and Saint-Félix, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 14 April
• 1804:Bertrand Duguesclin et sa sœur,comedy in 2 acts and in prose mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 27 November
• 1805:Sophie Arnould,comedy in 3 acts and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, January
• 1805:Le Vaudeville au camp de Boulogne,prologue impromptu, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Boulogne-sur-Mer, 17 August
• 1805:Les Écriteaux, ou René Le Sage à la foire Saint-Germain,pièce anecdotique in 2 acts and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, December
• 1806:Les Deux n'en font qu'un,comedy in 1 act and in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, followed by a divertissement on the occasion of peace, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 31 January
• 1806:Omazette, ou Jozet en Champagne,parody ofOmasis, ou Joseph en Égypte,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 6 October
• 1806Le Rêve, ou la Colonne de Rosback,divertissement de circonstance, in prose and vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 15 November
• 1807:Le Château et la Chaumière, ou les Arts et la reconnaissance,comedy in 3 acts, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 22 January
• 1807:L'Ile de la Mégalantropogénésie, ou les Savants de naissance,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet andMichel Dieulafoy,Théâtre du Vaudeville, 26 May
• 1807:L'Hôtel de la Paix, rue de la Victoire, à Paris,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet and Michel Dieulafoy, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 3 July
• 1808:Le Voyage de Chambord, ou la Veille de la première représentation du Bourgeois gentilhomme,comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Henri Dupin, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 11 July
• 1809:Le Peintre français en Espagne, ou le Dernier soupir de l'Inquisition,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 11 March
• 1809:Lantara, ou le Peintre au cabaret,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet and Louis Picard, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 2 OctoberRead online
• 1810:M. Durelief, ou Petite revue des embellissements de Paris,in prose and in vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 9 June
• 1810:Les Deux Lions,vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré, Jean-Baptiste Radet and Louis-Benoît Picard, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 2 Octobre
• 1811:La Nouvelle télégraphique,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 21 March
• 1811:Les Deux Edmond,comedy in 2 acts and in prose, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 18 April
• 1811:Laujon de retour à l'ancien Caveau,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, par les convives du Caveau moderne, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 2 December
• 1811:Les Amazones et les Scythes, ou Sauter le fossé,comédie en deux actes, avec Pierre-Yves Barré et Jean-Baptiste Radet, Paris, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 19 December
• 1812:Les Limites,comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 19 September
• 1812:Gaspard l'avisé,comédie anecdotique in 1 act, in prose and vaudevilles, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 27 October
• 1813:Le Billet trouvé,comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet,Théâtre des Variétés,3 May
• 1814:Un Petit voyage du Vaudeville,divertissement in 1 act, for the return of peace, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 5 May
• 1815:Les Trois Saphos lyonnaises, ou Une vour d'amour,comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Pierre-Yves Barré and Jean-Baptiste Radet, Théâtre du Vaudeville, 14 January

Varia

• 1765:Lettres de Sophie et du chevalier de **, pour servir de supplément aux lettres du marquis de Roselle,2 vol.
• 1779–1781Histoire universelle des théâtres de toutes les nations, depuis Thespis jusqu'à nos jours,withJean-Marie-Louis Coupé,Testu and Le Fuel de Méricourt, 13 vol.
• 1785:Les Quatre Saisons littéraires,2 vol.Text online:Le PrintempsText online:L'Été

Sources

• Gustave Vapereau,Dictionnaire universel des littératures,Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 615-6

External links

• His plays and their productions on CESAR