Marie-François-Denis-Thérésa Le Roy Allarde better known as Francis baron d'Allarde (12 March 1778 – 4 October 1841) was a 19th-century French chansonnier and playwright.

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Biography

The son of the politician Pierre d'Allarde [fr], he was a journalist in the United-States (1794-1796) where he was responsible for a column devoted to good manners in a newspaper of Massachusetts. He graduated from University of Cambridge and returned to France in 1797 with the French legation. He began a career in theater with Arlequin aux Petites Maisons, a play which was given at Théâtre des Troubadours .

His plays, some of which achieved a great success, signed under many pseudonyms (Francis, M. Sapajou, baron d'Allarde...) were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century including the Théâtre des Variétés, the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, and the Théâtre du Vaudeville.

He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (6th division).

Works

Bibliography

• François-Xavier Feller, Biographie universelle, 1847, (p. 148)
• Louis Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, 1859, (p. 265) (Read online)
• Paul Meunier, Francis d'Allarde, in Bulletin de la société nivernaise des lettres, t.19, 1901, (p. 58-65)
• Charles Weiss, Journal, vol. 2, 1981, (p. 348)
• Ginette Picat-Guinoiseau, Nodier et le théâtre, 1990, (p. 16)