Jean-Baptiste Mardelle

Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Mardelle (1 February 1785 – 1 September 1839) was an early 19th-century French playwright and novelist.

Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Mardelle
Born1 February 1785
Died1 September 1839(1839-09-01) (aged 54)
OccupationPlaywright, novelist

A NCO, he left the army in 1815 to devote himself to literature. His plays were presented at the Théâtre du Vaudeville and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique.

Works

  • 1798: Arlequin journaliste, comedy in 1 act, in prose, mingled with vaudevilles, with René de Chazet and Emmanuel Dupaty
  • 1807: Baudoin, comte de Provence ou le retour des croisades, melodrama in 3 acts
  • 1810: Frédéric, Duc de Nevers, melodrama in 3 acts, with E. F. Varez
  • 1818: Les Princes norwégiens, ou le Fraticide supposé
  • 1819: Les Ruines de Rothembourg
  • 1822: L'aveugle de Valence, ou L'ermitage de Roquebrune, 5 vols.
  • 1829: La chute d'un grand homme, 3 vols.
  • 1830: Gustave Wasa, ou La Suède au seizième siècle, 5 vols.
  • 1836: La Petite maison d'Auteuil
  • 1836: La Croix de pierre
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