Charles Henry Charlot de Courcy (22 August 1834[1] – 12 December 1917[2]) was a 19th-century French dramatist and journalist.

Charles de Courcy
Charles de Courcy (atelier Nadar)
Born	22 August 1836 Passy, Paris
Died	12 December 1917(1917-12-12) (aged 81) Meaux
Occupation	Dramatists Journalist

He was the son of dramatist, poet and chansonnier Frédéric de Courcy (1796–1862).

A journalist at L'Illustration, his plays were presented, among others, at the Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Comédie-française.

Works

• 1853: Un Merlan en bonne fortune, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Charles Labie and Varin
• 1853: La Pompadour des Porcherons, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Labie
• 1858: Entre Hommes, pochade in 1 acte, mingled with couplets
• 1860: Daniel Lambert, drama in 5 acts, en prose
• 1861: Les Histoires du café de Paris, Michel Lévy
• 1861: Le Chemin le plus long, comedy in 3 acts, in prose
• 1862: Diane de Valneuil, comedy in 5 acts, in prose
• 1865: La Marieuse, comedy in 2 acts, with Lambert-Thiboust
• 1872: Les Vieilles Filles, comedy in 5 acts, in prose, with Victorien Sardou
• 1876: Andrette, comedy in 1 act, in prose
• 1876: Mademoiselle Didier, 4-act play, in prose, with Eugène Nus
• 1881: Madame de Navaret, 3-act play, with Eugène Nus
• 1882: Un mari malgré lui, 1-act comedy, with E. Nus
• 1883: Toujours !, 1 act comedy
• 1890: Une Conversion, 1-act comedy, in prose

Bibliography

• Pierre Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, 1866, (p. 281)
• Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, 1870, (p. 497)
• Edmond de Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt, Journal; Mémoires de la Vie Littéraire: 1891-1896, 1956, (p. 1077)

References

External links

• Charles de Courcy on data.bnf.fr