Alexis Decomberousse

Alexis Decomberousse, full name Alexis Barbe Benoît Decomberousse, (13 January 1793 – 22 November 1862) was a 19th-century French playwright and vaudevillist.

His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century such as the Théâtre de l'Ambigu, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.).

Works

 * Le Cocher de fiacre, melodrama in 3 acts, with Benjamin Antier, 1825
 * Le Pauvre de l'Hôtel-Dieu, mélodrama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1826
 * Le Prisonnier amateur, comedy mingled with couplets, with Armand d'Artois, Ferdinand Laloue and Frédérick Lemaître, 1826
 * Le Vieil Artiste, ou la Séduction, melodrama in 3 acts, with Frédérick Lemaître, 1826
 * Le Fou, drama in 3 acts, with Antony Béraud and Gustave Drouineau, 1829
 * La Maîtresse, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Hippolyte Le Roux and Merville, 1829
 * Le Fils de Louison, melodrama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1830
 * L'incendiaire ou la cure et l'archevêché, drama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1831
 * Joachim Murat, historical drama in 4 acts and 9 tableaux, with Antier and Théodore Nézel, 1831
 * Les Jumeaux de La Réole, ou les Frères Faucher, drama in 3 acts and 7 tableaux, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont, 1831
 * 1832: L'Abolition de la peine de mort, drama in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with Benjamin Antier and J.-S. Raffard-Brienne
 * Une bonne fortune, comédie vaudeville in 1 act, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard, 1832
 * La Fille du soldat, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1832
 * La Nuit d'avant, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1832
 * Le Serrurier, comedy in 1 act, mingled with vaudevilles, with Bayard, 1832
 * Aimer et mourir, 1833
 * Madame d'Egmont ou Sont-elles deux ?, comedy in 3 acts, with Ancelot, 1833
 * L'Aspirant de marine, opéra-comique in 2 acts, with Edmond Rochefort, 1833
 * La consigne, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1833
 * Louis XI en goguettes, vaudeville in 1 act, with F. de Bury, 1833
 * La Salle de bains, vaudeville in 2 acts, with Antier, 1833
 * Les Suites d'une séparation, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Paul Duport, 1833
 * Fretillon ou La bonne fille, vaudeville in 5 acts, with Bayard, 1834
 * Salvoisy ou L'amoureux de la Reine, with Michel-Nicolas Balisson de Rougemont and Eugène Scribe, 1834
 * Le Capitaine de vaisseau ou La salamandre ; preceded by La carotte d'or, prologue, vaudeville nautique in 2 acts, with Benjamin Antier and Mélesville, 1834
 * L'Ami Grandet, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with couplets, with Jacques-François Ancelot, 1834
 * Le Dernier de la famille, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1834
 * Le Domino rose, comédie-vaudeville-anecdote in 2 acts, with Ancelot, 1834
 * Un secret de famille, drama in 4 acts, with Ancelot, 1834
 * Les Tours de Notre-Dame, anecdote du temps de Charles VII, with Antier, 1834
 * Le Père Goriot, drama-vaudeville in 3 acts, with Ernest Jaime and Emmanuel Théaulon, 1835
 * L'Autorité dans l'embarras, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Ernest Jaime, 1835
 * La Fille mal élevée, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Jean-Baptiste-Rose-Bonaventure Violet d'Épagny, 1835
 * Le Violon de l'opéra, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Augustin-Théodore de Lauzanne de Vauroussel, 1835
 * Les Deux Nourrices, vaudeville in 1 act, with Bayard, 1835
 * Le Tapissier, comedy in 3 acts, mingled with songs, with Ancelot, 1835
 * Avis aux coquettes, ou L'amant singulier, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Eugène Scribe, 1836
 * Le Colleur, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with B. Antier, 1836
 * La Liste des notables, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Charles Dupeuty, 1836
 * La Reine d'un jour, chronique mauresque in 2 acts, with Antier, 1836
 * La Comtesse du Tonneau, ou Les deux cousines, 1837
 * Vive le galop !, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Cogniard brothers and Lubize, 1837
 * Vouloir, c'est pouvoir, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with song, with Ancelot, 1837
 * Le Serment de collège, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, 1838
 * Un frère de quinze ans, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille d'Artois, 1838
 * Le Tireur de cartes, vaudeville en 1 acte, with Eugène Roche, 1838
 * Le marché de Saint-Pierre, melodrama in 5 acts, with Antier, 1839
 * Le Cheval de Crequi, comedy in 2 acts and 3 parts, 1839
 * Les Maris vengés, comédie-vaudeville in 5 acts, with Étienne Arago and Eugène Roche, 1839
 * La Grisette de Bordeaux, vaudeville in 1 act, 1840
 * L'Honneur d'une femme, drama in 3 acts, with Antier, 1840
 * Une journée chez Mazarin, comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Fulgence de Bury and Théodore Muret, 1840
 * Van Bruck, rentier, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Narcisse Fournier, 1841
 * Les Filets de Saint-Cloud, drama in 5 acts, with B. Antier, 1842
 * Touboulic le cruel, vaudeville in 1 act, with Ancelot, 1843
 * La Polka en Province, folie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Jules Cordier, 1844
 * La Sainte-Cécile, opéra comique in 3 acts, with Ancelot, 1844
 * Un mystère, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets, with Ancelot, 1844
 * Juanita ou Volte-face, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Bayard, 1846
 * La Carotte d'or, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Benjamin Antier and Mélesville, 1846
 * L'Homme qui se cherche, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Eugène Roche, 1846
 * Le chapeau gris, ou Les obstacles, comédie-vaudeville in 1 act, with Édouard Brisebarre, 1847
 * La Vapeur d'éther ou sans douleur !, vaudeville in 1 act, with Hippolyte Lefebvre, 1847
 * Un amant qui ne veut pas être heureux, vaudeville in 1 act, with Lubize, 1850
 * Les Trois Coups de pied, comédie-vaudeville in 2 acts, with Lockroy, 1851
 * Théâtre de Alexis de Comberousse, foreword by Jules Janin, 3 vol, 1864