Adrien Decourcelle

Adrien Decourcelle
Born	28 October 1821 Montdidier (Somme)
Died	6 August 1892(1892-08-06) (aged 70) Étretat (Seine-Maritime)
Occupation(s)	Playwright, chansonnier
Spouse	Caroline Lambert

Adrien Decourcelle (28 October 1821 – 6 August 1892)^[1] was a 19th-century French writer and playwright.

Pierre-Henri-Adrien Decourcelle wrote about 70 plays between 1845 and 1855, comedies and Comédie en vaudeville written most of the time in collaboration with Théodore Barrière. He was also a successful chansonnier.^{[citation needed]}

In 1851 he married Caroline Lambert, a niece of Adolphe d'Ennery.^{[citation needed]} His son was Pierre Decourcelle (1856-1926), a playwright, novelist, president of the Société des gens de lettres and commandeur of the Légion d'honneur. Pierre Decourcelle was involved in legal disputes following Ennery's death in 1899.^[2]

Adrien Decourcelle is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in the 20th arrondissement of Paris (7th division).^{[citation needed]}

Selected works

• 1848: Un vilain monsieur, play with Théodore Barrière, Théâtre des Variétés
• 1850: Les Petits Moyens, play with Eugène Labiche and Gustave Lemoine, Théâtre du Gymnase
• 1895: La Belle Épicière, operetta with Henri Kéroul, music by Louis Varney, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens

Distinctions

• Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur^[3]

References

1. Acte n° 66 (vue 40) Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine, registre des décès de 1892 pour la Ville d'Étretat, Archives numérisées de Seine-Maritime.
2. « Le Testament d'Adolphe d'Ennery », Revue des grands procès, 1900, at Gallica.
3. Base Léonore.

Bibliography

• Domenico Gabrielli, Dictionnaire historique du cimetière du Père-Lachaise (XVIIIe – XIXe siècles), Paris, éd. de l'Amateur, 2002, p. 110.
• Revue d'art dramatique, tome 27, 1892, (p. 248).

External links

• Adrien Decourcelle sur artlyriquefr.fr
• Adrien Decourcelle on Data.bnf.fr [fr]