# Francis Cornu

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**Francis Cornu** (4 October 1794 – 7 March 1848) was a French [playwright](/source/Playwright).

## Biography

After he made excellent studies in Paris, he lost his father and at the young age of 17, had to work for a living. He entered as an employee at the prefecture of Nièvre. In 1815, suspected of supporting the Bourbons, he was removed from office. He then entered into business house then into a bank where he became chief clerk.

Having already composed verses in Latin, he made his debut in 1816 in [Lyon](/source/Lyon) in the [vaudeville](/source/Vaudeville) genre. In 1819, he moved to Paris and worked again first as a bank clerk (1819-1825). His first plays did not get any success. *Le forçat libéré* in 1829, performed at the [Ambigu-Comique](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_l'Ambigu-Comique) was even booed. Finally, it is *Isaure* which was met with success that made him known.

His [plays](/source/Play_(theatre)), including many in collaboration with [Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois](/source/Auguste_Anicet-Bourgeois), will then be regularly performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: [Théâtre du Gymnase dramatique](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_du_Gymnase_Marie_Bell), [Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_de_l'Ambigu-Comique), [Théâtre des Variétés](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_des_Vari%C3%A9t%C3%A9s) etc.

In 1841, he became managing director of the Theatre at [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp).

## Works

- *La suite de je fais mes farces*, vaudeville, 1816
- *L'Enfant de Paris ou le débit de consolations*, lithographies in action, with [Armand d'Artois](/source/Armand_d'Artois) and [Gabriel de Lurieu](/source/Gabriel_de_Lurieu), 1823
- *Partie et revanche*, [comédie en vaudevilles](/source/Com%C3%A9die_en_vaudevilles) in 1 act, with [Nicolas Brazier](/source/Nicolas_Brazier) and [Eugène Scribe](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe), 1823
- *Les Acteurs à l’auberge*, comedy in 1 act, with [Maurice Alhoy](/source/Maurice_Alhoy) and [Armand-François Jouslin de La Salle](/source/Armand-Fran%C3%A7ois_Jouslin_de_La_Salle), 1825
- *Isaure*, drame en 3 actes, mingled with song, with [Benjamin Antier](/source/Benjamin_Antier) and [Théodore Nézel](/source/Th%C3%A9odore_N%C3%A9zel), 1829
- *Le Forçat libéré*, [melodrama](/source/Melodrama) in three acts, with [Armand Séville](/source/Armand_S%C3%A9ville), 1829
- *Napoléon*, historical play in three parts, mingled with songs, with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, 1830
- *Une nuit au Palais-Royal, ou la Garde nationale en 1830*, tableau-vaudeville, with A. Bourgeois, 1830
- *La Belle-Fille*, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with A. Bourgeois, 1831
- *Le Boa, ou le Bossu à la mode*, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with [Achille d'Artois](/source/Achille_d'Artois), 1831
- *Les Chouans, ou Coblentz et Quiberon*, [drama](/source/Drama) in 3 acts, with A. Bourgeois, 1831
- *Le Grenadier de l'île d'Elbe*, play in three acts, mingled with songs, with A.Bourgeois, 1831
- *Jeannette*, melodrama in three acts and 6 periods, with A. Bourgeois, 1831
- *Le Nouveau Sargines, ou l'École des malins*, vaudeville in 1 act, 1831
- *Le savetier de Toulouse*, drama in 4 acts, 1832
- *Les Deux diligences*, comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with A. Bourgeois, 1832
- *Franklin à Passy ou le Bonhomme Richard*, vaudeville anecdotique en 1 act, with [Frédéric de Courcy](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_de_Courcy), 1832
- *Sophie, ou le Mauvais ménage*, drama in three acts, with [Merville](/source/Merville_(playwright)), 1832
- *Tom-Rick, ou le Babouin*, play in three acts, with Armand d'Artois, 1832
- *La Chanoinesse*, vaudeville in one act, with [Eugène Scribe](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Scribe), 1833
- *Le Festin de Balthazar*, sacred drama in 5 acts, mingled with chorus, with Gustave Robillard, 1833
- *Indiana*, drama in 5 parts, with Léon Halévy, 1833
- *Valentine ou Le Château de la Ferme*, melodrama in five acts, with [Guilbert de Pixérécourt](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Charles_Guilbert_de_Pix%C3%A9r%C3%A9court), 1834
- *Les mineurs*, melodrama in three acts, with A. Bourgeois, 1835
- *Héloïse et Abeilard*, drama in five acts, with [Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois](/source/Auguste_Anicet-Bourgeois), 1836
- *Nabuchodonosor*, drama in four acts, with A. Bourgeois and [Pierre Elzéar](/source/Pierre_Elz%C3%A9ar), 1836
- *Le spectre et l'orpheline*, drama in four acts, with A. Bourgeois, 1836
- *Jérusalem délivrée*, play in 4 acts and 10 tableaux, 1836
- *Austerlitz*, événement historique in three periods and eight tableaux, 1837
- *Pauvre mère !*, drama in five acts, with [Hippolyte Auger](/source/Hippolyte_Auger), 1837
- *L’Élève de Saint-Cyr*, drama in five acts, 1838
- *Le Château de Saint-Germain*, drama in five acts, with [Léon Halévy](/source/L%C3%A9on_Hal%C3%A9vy), 1840
- *Les Chevilles de maître Adam, menuisier de Nevers, ou les Poètes artisans*, 1-act comedy, mingled with couplets, 1841
- *Marie ou l'Inondation*, drama un five acts and six tableaux, with Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois, 1846

## Bibliography

- Felix Delhasse, *Annuaire dramatique de la Belgique*, vol.4, 1842, (p. 114)
- Victor Couailhac, *La vie de théâtre*, 1864, (pp. 206–207)
- Jules Guex, *Le Théâtre et la société française: de 1815 à 1848*, 1900, (p. 115)
- Simone Bernard-Griffiths, Jean Sgard, *Mélodrames et romans noirs: 1750–1890*, 2000, (p. 279)

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