{{Short description|French playwright and librettist (1819–1874)}} {{Multiple issues| {{No footnotes|date=April 2026}} {{One source|date=April 2026}} }} '''Pol Mercier''', real name Jean-Étienne-Polydore Mercier (25 April 1819 – 11 May 1874) was a 19th-century French playwright and librettist.
He was born and died in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time including the Folies-nouvelles, the Théâtre de l'Odéon, the Comédie-française, and the Théâtre des Variétés.
== Works == *1846: ''Un Nuage au ciel'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard *1850: ''Freluchette'', opéra comique in one act *1851: ''Christian et Marguerite'', comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Édouard Fournier *1852: ''Méridien'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and Raymond Deslandes *1853: ''Le Roman du village'', one-act comedy in verse, with Fournier *1855: ''Biribi'', pantomime, foreword by Théophile Gautier *1855: ''Le Chevrier blanc'', conte-pantomime extravaganza in 5 tableaux, with Paul Legrand *1855: ''La Sœur de Pierrot'', mimodrama extravaganza in 5 tableaux, with Legrand *1855: ''La Sœur grise !'', scène lyrique, music by Édouard Montaubry *1857: ''Le Calfat'', operetta *1857: ''Ce Scélérat de Poireau !'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and Amédée de Jallais *1857: ''Le Gardien des scellés'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville and de Jallais *1857: ''Triolet'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Clairville *1859: ''Le Diable rose'', play with ariettes in 1 act, with Fournier *1860: ''Un Troupier qui suit les bonnes'', 3-act comédie en vaudeville, with Clairville and Léon Morand *1862: ''Le Paradis trouvé'', comedy in 1 act, in verse, with Fournier *1863: ''Le Chagrin de Marie'', romance *1863: ''Les Trois Normandes'', opérette bouffe in 1 act, with Frédéric Barbier (music) *1864: ''Les Cochers de Paris'', popular play in 3 acts and 4 tableaux, with Clairville and Morand *1864: ''Le Pavillon des amours'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles, with Henri Vernier *1864: ''Deux permissions de dix heures'', operetta in 1 act, with Henry Currat and Frédéric Barbier (music), 1864 *1864: ''Les Trois Berrichons'', vaudeville in 1 act
== Bibliography == * Georges d'Heylli, ''Dictionnaire des Pseudonymes'', 1868, {{p.|78}}
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