Principal Works
PLAYS
Les Dervis (with Germain Delavigne) 1811
[The Dervishes]
Encore une nuit de la Garde Nationale; ou, Le Poste de la barrère (with Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson) 1815
[Another Night in the National Guard; or, The Guard Post at the City Gate]
Le Valet de son rival (with Delavigne) 1816
[His Rival's Valet]
Le Solliciteur; ou, L 'Art d'obtenir des places (with Jean-Gilbert Ymbert and Antoine-François Varner) 1817
[The Applicant; or, The Art of Obtaining Employment]
Les Frères invisibles (with Honoré Mélesville and Delestre-Poirson) 1819
[The Invisible Brothers]
Valérie (with Mélesville) 1822
Rodolphe; ou, Frère et soeur (with Mélesville) 1823
[Rodolphe; or, Brother and Sister]
Le Charlatanisme (with Edouard-Joseph Mazéres) 1825
[Quackery]
Le Mauvais Sujet (with Camille) 1825
[The Worthless Fellow]
Le Mariage de raison (with Varner) 1826
[The Marriage of Convenience]
La Chatte métamorphosée en femme (with Mélesville) 1827
[The Cat Changed into a Woman]
Dix ans de la vie d'une femme; ou, Les Mauvais Conseils
(with Thomas Terrier) 1832
[Ten Years from the Life of a Woman; or, Bad Advice]
Betrand et Raton; ou, L'Art de conspirer 1833
[Betrand and Raton; or, The Art of Conspiracy]
La Passion sécret 1834
[The Secret Passion]
L'Ambiteux 1834
[The Ambitious Ones]
La Camaraderie; ou, La Courte Échelle 1837
[The Clique; or, The Helping Hand]
Les Indépendants 1837
[The Independent Ones]
La Calomnie 1840
[Slander]
La Grand'mere; ou, Les Trois Amours 1840
[The Grandmother; or, Three Loves]
Japhet; ou, La Recherche d'un pre (with Louis-Émile Vanderburch) 1840
[Japhet; or, The Search for a Father]
Le Verre d'eau; ou, Les Effets et les causes 1840
[The Glass of Water; or, Causes and Effects]
Une Chaîne 1841
[A Chain]
Oscar; ou, Le Mari qui trompe sa femme (with Mélesville) 1842
[Oscar; or, The Husband Who Deceives His Wife]
Le Fils de Cromwell; ou, Une Resauration 1842
[The Son of Cromwell; or, A Restoration]
La Tutrice; ou, L'Emploi des richesses (with Paul Duport) 1843
[The Guardian; or, The Use of Riches]
Le Puff; ou, Mensorge et vérité 1848
[Puffery; or, Lie and Truth]
Adrienne Lecouvreur (with Ernest Legouvé) 1849
Les Contes de la reine de Navarre; ou, La Revanche de Pavie (with Legouvé) 1850
[Tales of the Queen of Navarre; or, Pavia's Revenge]
Bataille des dames; ou, Un Duel en amour (with Legouvé) 1851
[The Ladies' Battle; or, A Duel of Love]
Mon Étoile 1854
[My Star]
La Czarine 1855
[The Czarina)
Feu Lionel; ou, Qui vivra verra (with Charles Potron) 1858
[The Late Lionel, or, Live and Learn]
Les Trois Maupins; ou, La Veille de la Régence (with Henry Boisseaux) 1858
[The Three Maupins; or, The Eve of the Regency]
Rêves d'amour (with Charles-Henry Desnoyers de Biéville) 1859
[Dreams of Love]
La Fille de trente ans (with Émile de Najac) 1859
[The Thirty-year-old Woman]
La Frileuse 1861
[The Chilly One]
LIBRETTI
Leicester; ou, Le Château de Kenilworth (with Mélesville; music by Daniel Auber) 1823
[Leicester; or, The Castle of Kenilworth]
Le Valet de chambre (with Mélesville; music by Michel Enrico Carafa) 1823
[The Valet]
La Neige; ou, Le Nouvel Eginhard (with Delavigne; music by Auber) 1823
[Snow; or, The New Eginhard]
La Maçon (with Delavigne; music by Auber) 1825
[The Mason]
La Dame blanche (music by François Boieldieu) 1825
[The White Lady]
La Somnambule; ou, L'Arrivée d'un nouveau seigneur (with Pierre Aumer; music by Ferdinand Hérold) 1827
[The Sleepwalker; or, The Arrival of a New Master]
La Muette de Portici (with Delavigne; music by Auber) 1828
[The Mute Woman of Portici]
Le Comte Ory (with Delestre-Poirson; music by Gioacchino Rossini) 1828
[Count Ory]
Fra Diavolo; ou, L'Hôtellerie de Terracine (music by Auber) 1830
[Fra Diavolo; or, The Guest-House of Terracine]
Manon Lescaut (with Aumer; music by Jacques Halévy) 1830
Le Philtre (music by Auber) 1831
[The Philter]
Robert le Diable (with Delavigne; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer) 1831
[Robert the Devil]
Gustave III; ou, Le Bal masqué (music by Auber) 1833
[Gustavus III; or, The Masked Ball]
Ali-Baba; ou, Les Quarante Voleurs (with Mélesville; music by Luigi Cherubini) 1833
[Ali Baba; or, The Forty Thieves]
La Juive (music by Halévy) 1835
[The Jewess]
Les Huguenots (music by Meyerbeer) 1836
[The Huguenots]
Le Domino noir (music by Auber) 1837
[The Black Domino]
Les Martyres (music by Gaetano Donizetti) 1840
[The Martyrs]
Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal (music by Donizetti) 1843
[Don Sebastian, King of Portugal]
Le Prophète (music by Meyerbeer) 1849
[The Prophet]
La Nonne saglante (with Delavigne; music by Charles Gounod) 1854
[The Blood-Stained Nun]
Les Vêpres siciliennes (with Mélesville; music by Giuseppe Verdi) 1855
[The Sicilian Vespers]
La Chatte métamorphosée en femme (with Mélesville; music by Jacques Offenbach) 1858
[The Cat Changed into a Woman]
L'Africaine (music by Meyerbeer) 1865
[The African Woman]
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