Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright.

Charles Dupeuty
Libretto of Tromb-Al-Ca-Zar by Bourget, Duperty and Offenbach
Born	6 February 1798 Paris
Died	26 March 1923(1923-03-26) (aged 125) Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Occupation	librettist and dramatist

Biography

After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee. He made his debut in the theatre in 1821, and in 1825 founded the opposition newspaper La nouveauté.

He is famous for being one of the founders of the Société des auteurs dramatiques of which he was vice-président for six years.

Many of his plays were performed on the most important Parisians stages of the 19th century: Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre des Variétés etc.

Adolphe Dupeuty was his son.

Works

Bibliography

• Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, Vol.1, 1870, (p. 592)
• Louis Bethléem, Les Pièces de théâtre, 1924, (p. 171)