Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson
{{Short description|French actor, playwright and theatre director}}
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Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ ylʁik dybɥisɔ̃}}; 23 January 1746 in Laval, Mayenne – 24 March 1794) was an 18th-century French actor, playwright and theatre director.
Sympathetic to the Hébertists he was denounced by Robespierre as having intended to sow discord among the Jacobins and was tried by the Revolutionary Court. He was sentenced to death and guillotined with other Hébertists on 24 March 1794 at the age of 48 years.
Works
;Theatre
- 1778: L'École des pères, ou les Effets de la prévention, Cap-Français, 21 March
- 1780: Nadir, ou Thamas-Kouli-Kan, tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Paris, Théâtre de la Nation (Salle des Machines[https://cesar.huma-num.fr/cesar2/dates/dates.php?fct=edit&performance_UOID=122856 Nadir, ou Thamas-Kouli-Kan, 31 August 1780] at [https://cesar.huma-num.fr/cesar2/index.php césar].), 31 AugustText of Nadir, ou Thamas-Kouli-Kan: [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5459437j/f8.item 1780 (with preface)] at Gallica; also at Google Books: [https://books.google.com/books?id=X1pXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP3 1780 (with preface)], [https://books.google.com/books?id=6FRoAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 1780]; [https://books.google.com/books?id=z_UBlqtLEo8C&pg=PP1 1784].
- 1782: Le Vieux Garçon, comedy in 5 acts, in verse, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 16 December.
- 1783: Trasime et Timagène, tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Rouen, Grand Théâtre.
- 1785: Le Nouveau Sorcier, comedy en trois acts, Théâtre de Gand, 29 January
- 1785: Albert et Émilie, tragedy, Paris, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 30 April
- 1786: Scanderberg, tragedy in 5 acts and in verse, Théâtre de l'Odéon, 9 May
- 1786: Le Roi Théodore à Venise, opera héroï-comique in 4 acts, music by Giovanni Paisiello, Vienna.
- 1786: Hélène et Francisque, opéra-comique en 4 actes, Château de Versailles, August
- 1789: L'Impresario in angustie, ou le Directeur dans l'embarras, opera bouffe in 2 acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, Théâtre de Monsieur, 6 May [https://books.google.com/books?id=U0g_th7qy8oC Text online]
- 1789: L'Arbre de Diane, comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, Brussels, Théâtre de la Monnaie, 12 September.
- 1790: Les Époux mécontents, opéra-comique en 3 actes, music by Stephen Storace, Théâtre Montansier, 12 April.{{cite book|last=Hugot|first=Eugène|author1-link= Eugène Hugot|year=1886|title=Histoire littéraire, critique et anecdotique du Théâtre du Palais-Royal, 1784–1884|url=https://archive.org/stream/histoirelittra00hugouoft#page/32/mode/2up|edition=3rd|location=Paris|publisher=Ollendorff|pages=32–33}}
- 1790: La Villageoise enlevée, comédie en vaudeville in 3 acts, Théâtre-Français, 5 July.
- 1790: Le Curieux indiscret, opera bouffe in 3 acts, Théâtre Montansier, 23 September
- 1791: Les Époux mécontents, ou le Divorce, Brussels, Théâtre de la Monnaie, 4 March
- 1792: La Revanche, ou les Deux Frères, opera in 3 acts, Théâtre des Amis de la Patrie, 11 January
- 1792: Les Talismans, opera in 3 acts, Théâtre des Amis de la Patrie, 12 January
- 1792: Flora, opera in 3 acts, Théâtre des Amis de la Patrie, 4 February
- 1794: Zélia, ou le Mari à deux femmes, drama in three acts mingled with music, after Goethe, music by Prosper-Didier Deshayes, Théâtre des Amis de la Patrie, 3 June [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k685622.pdf Text online]
- 1796: Zelia, ou la Grille enchantée, Comédie Italienne, 26 November
- undated: Stella, drama in 3 acts, mingled with music, after Goethe, [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k68498s.pdf Text online]
;Varia
- 1771: Le Tableau de la volupté, ou les Quatre parties du jour, poem in free verse.
- 1778: Abregé de la Révolution de l'Amérique anglaise, depuis le commencement de l'année 1774 jusqu'au premier janvier 1778, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MOM9AAAAYAAJ Text online]
- 1785: Nouvelles considérations sur St-Domingue, en réponse à celles de M. H. D..
- 1785: Lettres critiques et politiques sur les colonies et le commerce des villes maritimes de France, adressées à G.-T. Raynal, with Dubucq, [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k813925.pdf Text online]
References
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Bibliography
- Auguste-Philippe Herlaut, Autour d'Hébert. I. Deux témoins de la Terreur : le citoyen Dubuisson, le cidevant baron de Haindel, Paris, Clavreuil, 1958
- Louis-Gabriel Michaud, Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne, Paris, 1855, t. XL ;
- Jean-Barthélemy Hauréau, Histoire littéraire du Maine. Paris, 1872, t. IV. ;
- Archives nationales, W lA 76 et W 339. T 1683. #°406 and T 1685, #230. ;
External links
- [https://cesar.huma-num.fr/cesar2/people/people.php?fct=edit&person_UOID=100380 His page] on [http://cesar.org.uk CÉSAR]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052316/http://cesar.org.uk/cesar2/people/people.php?fct=edit&person_UOID=100380 Archived copy].
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